The effect of spinning conditions on the mechanics of a spider's dragline silk

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1483, 2001, Pages 2339-2346

  Vollrath, F ^a   Madsen, B ^a   Shao, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dragline threads; Mechanical traits; Nephila edulis; Silk fibres

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL PROPERTY; SPIDER WEB;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; FIBER; MECHANICAL STRESS; NEPHILA EDULIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILK; SPIDER; STRENGTH; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VELOCITY; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; INVERTEBRATA; NEPHILA; NEPHILA EDULIS; TETRAGNATHIDAE;

MECHANICAL PROPERTY; SPIDER SILK; SPINNING; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 0035935694     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1590     Document Type: Article

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