Mechanical evaluation of 3D printed biomimetic non-Euclidean saddle geometries mimicking the mantis shrimp.

ABSTRACT: Engineering design has drawn inspiration from naturally occurring structures to advance manufacturing processes and products, termed biomimetics. For example, the mantis shrimp, orderStomatopoda, is capable of producing one of the fastest appendage strikes in the world with marginal musculoskeletal displacement. The extreme speed of the mantis shrimp's raptorial appendage is due to the non-Euclidean hyperbolic paraboloid (i.e. saddle) shape within the dorsal region of the merus, which allows substantial energy storage through compression in the sagittal plane. Here, investigation of 3D printed synthetic geometries inspired by the mantis shrimp saddle geometry has revealed insights for elastic energy storage (i.e. spring-like) applications. Saddles composed of either astiffor

SUBMITTER: Mensch TE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8300870 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature