About the Authors

Naomi Tsafnat

n.tsafnat@unsw.edu.au

Affiliation School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

John D. Fitz Gerald

Affiliation Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Hai N. Le

Affiliation Research School of Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Zbigniew H. Stachurski

Affiliation Research School of Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NT JDFG ZHS. Performed the experiments: NT JDFG HNL ZHS. Analyzed the data: NT JDFG HNL ZHS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NT JDFG ZHS. Wrote the paper: NT JDFG HNL ZHS. Obtained microCT images: HNL. Carried out finite element analysis: NT HNL. Supervised the study: JDFG ZHS.