Buckling of stomatopod-dactyl-club-inspired functional gradient plates: A numerical study

The translation of natural (or biological) structures into synthetic materials offers a spectrum of feasible pathways towards enhanced or even unprecedented material properties for a wide range of applications. Inspired by excellent mechanical properties of stomatopod dactyl club, herein we propose a new functionally graded material (FGM) model that can adequately describe the characteristics of hierarchical structures in the stomatopod dactyl...