Fishscales The Next Step In Soft Body Protection Zachary Windsor White by Zachary Windsor White instant download after payment.

Balancing protection with mobility is a tradeoff all levels of the food chain have

made in evolutionary development. The ability to withstand threats allows for longer

life, as long as it does not degrade the ability to hunt and evade. The same can be said

for modern engineered protection. Analogies can be drawn between common forms of

man-made personal protection and the soft-body protecting structures seen in nature.

However, nature has figured out how to balance encumberment with protection

through the evolution of compound armors in a way that humans have yet to do in a

relevant way. Fish-skin presents a novel protective structure that accomplishes this

goal through the use of imbricated stiff scales embedded in soft dermal tissue. By

modulating basic properties of the assembly, scale interactions can be enhanced to

provide force dissipation and energy absorption.