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Computational and experimental predictions of web failure mechanisms (images i) to iii) correspond to increasing applied load). Figure adapted from [26]. The characteristic stiff-soft-stiff behavior of silk threads, also shown in Figure 8, is critical to achieve a mechanically resilient web structure that can deal with both global wind and local point loading.
