In situ three-dimensional spider web construction and mechanics

Spiders are nature's engineers that build lightweight and high-performance web architectures often several times their size and with very few supports; however, little is known about web mechanics and geometries throughout construction, especially for three-dimensional (3D) spider webs. In this...

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Main Authors: Su, Isabelle (Author), Narayanan, Neosha (Author), Logrono, Marcos A (Author), Guo, Kai (Author), Bisshop, Ally (Author), Mühlethaler, Roland (Author), Saraceno, Tomás (Author), Buehler, Markus J (Author)
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Language:English
Published: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2021-10-06T13:54:02Z.
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