PREFACE

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE xi
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
5. PART 1. Understanding Elasticity
6. CHAPTER 1. The Properties of Materials 3
7. PART 2. Biological Materials
8. CHAPTER 2. Biological Rubbers 29
9. CHAPTER 3. Complex Polymers 42
10. CHAPTER 4. Polymer Composites 59
11. CHAPTER 5. Composites Incorporating Ceramics 83
12. PART 3. Biological Structures
13. CHAPTER 6. Tensile Structures 95
14. CHAPTER 7. Hydrostatic Skeletons 111
15. CHAPTER 8. Structures in Bending 123
16. CHAPTER 9. Structures in Compression 147
17. CHAPTER 10. Structures in Torsion 159
18. CHAPTER 11. Joints and Levers 170
19. PART 4. Mechanical Interactions
20. CHAPTER 12. Attachments 183
21. CHAPTER 13. Interactions with the Mechanical Environment 198
22. CHAPTER 14. Mechanical Interactions between Organisms 206
23. PART 5. Looking Forward
24. CHAPTER 15. The Future of Structural Biomechanics 219
25. GLOSSARY 223
26. REFERENCES 231
27. INDEX 247