Francois Barthelat
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
McGill University
Canada
Biography
Ph.D. Northwestern University M.Sc. University of Rochester B.Sc. École Nationale Supérieure d'électricité et de Mécanique (France)
Research Interest
Mechanics of Biological Materials • Biomimetics • Fracture Mechanics • Composites • Experimental Mechanics • Small-scale Mechanical Testing •Multiscale Modeling
Publications
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"Failure mode transition in nacre and bone-like materials" R. Rabiei, S. Bekah and F. Barthelat. to appear in Acta Biomaterialia (2010) PDF
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"On the Mechanics of FishScale Structures" F. Vernerey and F. Barthelat. International Journal of Solids and Structures 47(17): p. 2268-2275 (2010) PDF
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"Nacre from mollusk shells: a model for high-performance structural materials" F. Barthelat. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, Special issue on the biomimetics of aquatic life: applications for engineering (invited paper) 5(3) p. 1-8 (2010) PDF
