Azad, Ehsan
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0900-6965
(2025)
Bioinspired Ceramic Composites: Enhancing Performance through Hierarchical Structural Design.
PhD thesis, Concordia University.
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Bioinspired Ceramic Composites: Enhancing Performance through Hierarchical Structural Design
Ehsan Azad, Ph.D.
Concordia University, 2025
Ceramics have strong potential for advanced applications because of their high strength and hardness. However, their brittleness and low energy absorption limit broader use. Nature provides useful design strategies to overcome these limitations. Biological armors such as nacre and abalone shells achieve high toughness through hierarchical structures. Inspired by these systems, a programmable laser micromachining platform using ultra-short picosecond pulses was developed to create precise multiscale bioinspired surface architectures on alumina tiles. The laser-engraved tiles were then laminated with Surlyn® to produce bioinspired ceramic composites. Their mechanical behavior, including energy absorption, stiffness, and strength, was systematically evaluated under static and dynamic loading.
Increasing the Surlyn® content promotes plastic deformation while maintaining adhesive failure at the interface. Introducing micro-patterns, similar to those found in natural armors, improves interfacial performance by creating mechanical interlocking and modifying stress distribution. As a result, the failure mode shifts from adhesive to cohesive, increasing interfacial shear strength by 64% and energy absorption by 107%. Additional tests under static and cyclic flexural loading show that laser-engraved macro-patterns and optimized stacking sequences increase energy dissipation by 85%, mainly through crack deflection and localized plastic deformation. Combining hexagonal macro-patterns with diagonal micro-grooves further improves interfacial adhesion and impact resistance, nearly doubling energy absorption and deformation capacity. X-ray radiography confirms reduced delamination and a smaller damage area in the integrated design.
This study combines bioinspired design, advanced materials, and laser-based fabrication to develop ceramic composites with tunable mechanical behavior for applications such as protective equipment, aerospace structures, and biomedical devices.
| Divisions: | Concordia University > Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science > Mechanical, Industrial and Aerospace Engineering |
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| Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) |
| Authors: | Azad, Ehsan |
| Institution: | Concordia University |
| Degree Name: | Ph. D. |
| Program: | Mechanical Engineering |
| Date: | September 2025 |
| Thesis Supervisor(s): | Hojjati, Mehdi and Shadmehri, Farjad |
| ID Code: | 996752 |
| Deposited By: | Ehsan Azad |
| Deposited On: | 29 Jun 2026 17:57 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Jun 2026 17:57 |
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