Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materialsHairAnisotropyMaterials TestingHumansBiomechanical Phenomena
Hair anisotropy and damage: Understanding hair cracking and fracture via the moving loop test.
Daniel Samoylenko, Leah Su Whelan, Ailsa Yale, Guillaume Marty, Roberto Santoprete, Luca Polacchi, David Taylor
Published: 202610.1016/j.jmbbm.2025.107320
Abstract
Hair can become damaged and break as a result of mechanical actions such as brushing. Individual hairs (known as hair fibres) are usually tested to failure in tension but this does not reflect the type of loading to which they are normally subjected.…
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