Figure 1: Structure of the natural fang and fang-like model.
From: Multiscale structural gradients enhance the biomechanical functionality of the spider fang
(a) Longitudinal section of the spider fang obtained from X-ray μCT. The red dashed line represents the approximated circular centreline of the fang. (b) The fang centreline position as extracted from μCT data. Data points are normalized by the fang radius (R=2 mm). (c) Structural model of the fang, generated from a centreline with curvature 1/R, including a venom canal (radius r) and a fang wall of thickness w. (d) Normalized μCT data for r(θ) and w(θ) exhibiting linear trends.
