How to pass the gap – functional morphology and biomechanics of spider bridging threads

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Title: How to pass the gap – functional morphology and biomechanics of spider bridging threads
Related: Asakura, Tetsuo and Miller, Thomas. Biotechnology of silk, p.165-177
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7119-2_9
Related: Biologically-inspired systems Volume 5
Publisher: Dordrecht : Springer
Date: 2014
Author/Creator: Wolff, Jonas O
Author/Creator: Schneider, Jutta M
Author/Creator: Gorb, Stanislav N
Description: Many spiders use airborne silk threads for locomotion purposes or web initiation. In the case of bridging, the thread is used to span and cross a gap between two microhabitat structures. In this chapter we report some observations and experiments on bridging behaviour, structure and function of the bridging lines, hoping to inspire new biomechanical and biomimetic research on this fascinating, but sparsely studied mechanism.
Description: 13 page(s)
Subject Keyword: bridging
Subject Keyword: ampullate
Subject Keyword: aciniform
Subject Keyword: composite
Subject Keyword: microstructure
Subject Keyword: adhesion
Resource Type: book chapter
Organisation: Macquarie University. Department of Biological Sciences

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