Bioinspired Design of Building Materials for Blast and Ballistic Protection

Table 1

Some experimental data collected from literature on abalone nacre.

Reference	Test	/MPa	/MPa	/%	/GPa
[17]	Quasi-static compression	540	235	⋯	⋯
	Dynamic compression	735	548	⋯	⋯
	Shear	⋯	30	45	⋯
	Three-point bending	197	177	⋯	⋯
[11]	Shear-compression	73	⋯	8	⋯
	Three-point bending	223 ± 7	194 ± 8	⋯	69 ± 7
	Four-point bending
	Compressive	370	⋯	…	70
	Tensile	105	⋯	1	60
[12]	Tension	⋯	⋯	1–5	⋯
[9]	Shear	⋯	50	15	10
	Shear-compression	60	⋯	1.5	⋯
[1]	Tension	⋯	90	1	80

and : the strength obtained from loading perpendicular and parallel to the tablets surface plane, respectively.
: Young’s modulus.
: inelastic strain.
The strength obtained with the boundaries at 45° to the load axis.