It is widely known that the availability of lightweight structures with excellent energy
absorption capacity is essential for numerous engineering applications. Inspired by many …

Nature has developed high‐performance materials and structures over millions of years of
evolution and provides valuable sources of inspiration for the design of next‐generation …

Designing and manufacturing multi-functional, lightweight and high-performance body
armour materials and assemblies have attracted intense attention recently due to fast …

Nature has a wide range of biological protection strategies that show resilience to impact
loading. These strategies also serve a certain amount of flexibility that contribute to body …

Recent advances in the automated manufacture of composite structures have renewed the
interest in fibre metal laminate (FML) structures in various engineering sectors. FML …

Natural protection offered to living beings is the result of millions of years of biological
revolution. The protections provided in fishes, armadillos, and turtles by unique hierarchal …

Over millions of years Nature has attained highly optimized structural designs with
remarkable toughness, strength, damage resistance and damage tolerance-properties that …

Researchers and engineers have been fascinated by the way weak organic and inorganic
components naturally combine to create strong and long-lasting structures for the past few …

This paper aims to investigate the energy absorption of the bio-inspired multi-cell carbon
fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) and aluminum (Al) square tubes under the quasi-static axial …

Nature is a substantial repository for various kinds of aquatic, terrestrial, and wind‐borne
plants and animals adapting extensively to sustain life on earth's different environmental …