Multiscale structural gradients enhance the biomechanical functionality of the spider fang

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Bar On, Benny ^a   Barth, Friedrich G ^b   Fratzl, Peter ^a   Politi, Yael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; MATRIX PROTEIN; METAL ION;

BIOMECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; SIMULATION; SPIDER; STIFFNESS;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EXOSKELETON; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FORCE; HOOF AND CLAW; NONHUMAN; RIGIDITY; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION; SPIDER; SPIDER FANG; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; TOOTH; YOUNG MODULUS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHEMISTRY; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CHITIN; ELASTIC MODULUS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; SPIDERS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84901708591     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4894     Document Type: Article

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