Modeling spider webs as multilinked structures using a Chebyshev pseudospectral collocation method
Spiders weave intricate webs for catching prey, providing shelter and setting mating rituals; arguably the most notable of these creations is the orb web. In this thesis we model the essential vibrations of orb webs by first considering a spider web as a multilinked structure of elastic strings. We...
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| Language: | en |
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Virginia Tech
2018
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/83564 |