Conclusion

First of all, thanks you all for following this blog throughout the 13 weeks journey.

Sad to say, we have finally come to an end of the project. Which mean, this is our last post :(

Throughout the  13 weeks journey, we have carried out critical thinking on mimicking the both mechanical and chemical properties of freshwater turtle based on literature review.

At the early stage, we study what is biomimicry and decide which animal to adopt as our study target. The searching for a suitable study target (or partner) come to an end when we found Turtle General, a red-eared slider which full of mystery.

Following by that, a long journey of scientific study and experiment was carried out on the red-eared slider. After a rigorous study on his habitat, behaviour, anatomy, and physiology, we have came out with an idea to mimic its shell structure to improve the steel beam mechanical structure. We found that the carapace (upper part of turtle shell) is in the form of complex structure (rigid-flexible-rigid) which results in higher cyclic loading tolerance that ensure the turtle shell is able to withstand frequent attack from the enemy. By mimicking the turtle shell into steel beam design, it allows the steel beam to withstand high amount of cyclic loading without fatigue. This improve the lifetime of steel beam and helps to improve the durability of building structure. This idea is cost efficient and require least amount of modification on the current manufacturing process, thus it is doable and will attract a lots of interest from experts working in construction industry. 

At last, we hope you guys have learned the basic knowledge on red-eared slider and give you a new insight on biomimicry technology. For people who is interest on the full details of this research, we welcome you to contact us by leaving a comment or email to us. 

Till then, see you guys !