Structural optimization of 3D-printed synthetic spider webs for high strength

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Qin, Zhao ^a   Compton, Brett G ^b,c   Lewis, Jennifer A ^b,c   Buehler, Markus J ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTOMER; BAYSILON; DIMETICONE; SILK;

LOADING; OPTIMIZATION; POLYMER; PREY CAPTURE; SPIDER WEB; STRENGTH; TOPOLOGY;

ARTICLE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DENSITY; ELASTICITY; MATERIAL STATE; MECHANICS; PREY; SPIDER; TENSILE STRENGTH; THICKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING; ANIMAL; BIOMIMETICS; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERNET; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS;

ARANEAE;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; ELASTICITY; INTERNET; MATERIALS TESTING; PRINTING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; SILK; SPIDERS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84929346722     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8038     Document Type: Article

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