A2_2 Spider Silk

Authors

  • Simon Clapton
  • Calum Meredith
  • David Boulderstone

Abstract

We look at the plausibility that a human can swing on a strand of spider silk, and how much silk is required to support a given mass. It is found that it is indeed possible to support a human on a very thin strand of silk

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Published

23-02-2011

How to Cite

Clapton, S., Meredith, C., & Boulderstone, D. (2011). A2_2 Spider Silk. Physics Special Topics, 9(1). Retrieved from https://journals.le.ac.uk/index.php/pst/article/view/1901

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 (2010): Physics Special Topics

Section

Articles