Quasistatic and continuous dynamic characterization of the mechanical properties of silk from the cobweb of the black widow spider Latrodectus hesperus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 208, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1937-1949

  Blackledge, Todd A ^a,c   Swindeman, John E ^b   Hayashi, Cheryl Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MTS Systems Corporation   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Continuous dynamic analysis (CDA); Dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA); Loss tangent; Major ampullate silk; Polymer; Spider web; Theridiidae; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; SILK; SPIDER; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOPOLYMERS; BLACK WIDOW SPIDER; CALIFORNIA; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; SILK; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; LATRODECTUS; LATRODECTUS HESPERUS; LATRODECTUS TREDECIMGUTTATUS; PLOCEINAE; THERIDIIDAE;

EID: 20444493272     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01597     Document Type: Article

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