Micro/nano-scale Characterization and Fatigue Fracture Resistance of Mechanoreceptor with Crack-shaped Slit Arrays in Scorpion  

作　　者：Kejun Wang Junqiu Zhang Yuqiang Fang Daobing Chen Linpeng Liu Zhiwu Han Luquan Ren 

机构地区：[1]Key Laboratory for Bionic Engineerings Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun 130022, China [2]School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Jilin University , Changchun 130022, China

出　　处：《Journal of Bionic Engineering》2019年第3期410-422,共13页仿生工程学报（英文版）

基　　金：the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)(Grant Nos. 51835006, 51325501 and 51675220);the Program for JLU Science and Technology Innovative Research Team (Grant No. 2017TD-04);Interdisciplinary Research Funding program for doctoral of Jilin University (Grant No. 10183201827).

摘　　要：The nocturnal scorpion Heterometrus petersii uses Basitarsal Compound Slit Sensilla (BCSS) as mechanoreceptor to detect mechanical signal (e.g. substrate vibration, cyclic loads caused by walking) without fatigue failure such as initiation of fatigue crack and further propagation of crack-shaped slit. The outstanding perceptive function has been discovered for over half a century. However, it is not yet clear about the microstructure, material composition and micromechanical property which are all important factors that determine the fatigue fracture resistance of the BCSS. Here, the microscopic characteristics of the BCSS were thoroughly studied. The results dicate that anti-fatigue resilin and stiff chitinous cuticle form multilayered composite as the main body of the BCSS. Meanwhile, the pre-existing slit as mechanosensory structure is covered by cuticular membrane which has different mechanical property with the epicuticle. Theoretical analysis shows that the structure-composition-property synergistic relations of composites confer on the BCSS with extreme fatigue fracture tolerance.

关 键 词：slit-based MECHANORECEPTOR materials CHARACTERIZATION multilayered composite RESILIN fatigue fracture RESISTANCE 

分 类 号：TB[一般工业技术]