Scientists learn about fatigue resistance of materials from bivalve hinge sciencemagazine
Cristaria plicata, which experiences hundreds of thousands of repeating opening-and-closing valve motions throughout the bivalve's lifetime, a research team led by Prof. Yu Shuhong collaborating with Prof. Wu Hengan from the University of Science and Technology of China proposed their tactics to improve the fatigue resistance of structural materials.
They found that the folding fan-shaped region in the hinge can sustain large deformation during repetitive opening-and-closing valve motions and maintain its structure and function for a long period. The tissue still functions well and shows no signs of fatigue behaviors even after 1,500,000 cycles.
The hinge is composed of two regions, the outer ligament and the folding fan-shaped region. Through observation and, the researchers uncovered the roles of each hinge region during the valves' motion. When closing, the stretched OL undertakes the circumferential stress dominantly and stores most of the elastic strain energy, while the FFR is deformed circumferentially and provides strong radial support to fix the OL under the limited radial deformation.
They revealed that the hierarchical structures which span from the macroscale level down to the lattice level endow the FFR with notable deformability and load translation capability. This work provides a novel biomimetic model for designing artificial materials with brittle components and brings a new perspective for elongating materials' longevity. The multi-level design strategy sheds light on development of the futureXiang-Sen Meng et al, Deformable hard tissue with high fatigue resistance in the hinge of bivalve Cristaria plicata,
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