As a result of their mechanical characteristics, biological structures often provide inspiration
for the development of high-performance mechanical structures. Nevertheless, traditional …

Following nature's design principles, biological entities have evolved to be highly efficient
and multifunctional to maximize all the available materials and structures and to survive in …

Various bio-inspired vibration isolators have been emerged in recent decades and applied
successfully in the protection of sensitive components, improvement of operating comfort …

In this study, a novel bio-inspired honeycomb sandwich panel (BHSP) based on the
microstructure of a woodpecker's beak is proposed. Unlike a conventional honeycomb, the …

It has been 25 years since Sulsky and her coworkers developed the first version of the
material point method (MPM): a quasi particle method to solve continuum mechanics …

The skull of a woodpecker is hypothesized to serve as a shock absorber that minimizes the
harmful deceleration of its brain upon impact into trees 1–11 and has inspired the …

There is increasing interest in the material point method (MPM) as a means of modelling
solid mechanics problems in which very large deformations occur, eg in the study of …

Woodpeckers avoid brain injury while they peck at trees up to 20 Hz with speeds up to 7 m/s,
undergoing decelerations up to 1200 g. Along with the head, beak and neck, the hyoid …

Head impact injuries always cause severe diseases and deaths of human. In contrast, the
woodpeckers are able to withstand fierce impact during pecking without brain damage …

Objective: Humans are susceptible to traumatic brain injuries from rapid head rotations that
shear and stretch the brain tissue. Conversely, animals such as woodpeckers intentionally …