Biomechanical Properties of Hen's Eggshell: Experimental Study and Numerical Modeling

In this article, biomechanical aspects of hen's eggshell as a natural ceramic structure are studied. The images, taken by a scanning electron microscope (SEM), are used to investigate the microscopic aspects of the egg. It is observed that eggshell has a three!layered microstructure with different morphol ogical and structural characteristics. Studies on the eggshell membrane (ESM) as a prosperous tissue suggest that it is placed to prevent the penetration of microorganisms into the egg. Finally, numerical models of the egg are presented to study the stress distribution and its deformation under different loading conditions. The effects of two different types of loading (hydrostatic and point loadings) on two different shell models (with constant and variable thicknesses) are investigated in detail. Keywords—Eggshell, biomechanical properties, Scanning electron microscope, Numerical Modeling. I. INTRODUCTION