The impact behaviour of silk cocoons

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 2648-2657

  Chen, Fujia ^a   Hesselberg, Thomas ^a   Porter, David ^a   Vollrath, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Composite; Deformation; Finite element analysis; Silk; Silk moth

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE; SILK;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; CHEMISTRY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUTH KOREA; TENSILE STRENGTH;

COMPOSITE; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; SILK; SILK MOTH;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BOMBYX; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SILK; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84880119928     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.082545     Document Type: Article

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