Silk cocoons as composites
<p>This thesis looks at the engineering aspects of silkworm cocoons as a structural biological composite system. A wide range of species of silk cocoons were studied for their morphologies, physical properties and mechanical behaviour. A silk cocoon can be described very broadly as a nonwoven...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
2011
|
| Subjects: |