News Release 12-016 - Video

Animation of a spider web subjected to mechanical forces.

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Animation of vibrations and deformation of a spider web subjected to mechanical forces. The model is based on web-silk behaviors at a scale down to the molecular level.

Credit: S. Cranford and M.J. Buehler/MIT

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