ZoologyMacromolecular Materials and EngineeringPeer-reviewed
The stab resistance of Bombyx mori silk cocoons
Ateeq ur Rehman, Vasileios Koutsos, Parvez Alam
This paper investigates the mechanical response of Bombyx mori silk cocoons to knife stabbing, finding that whole cocoons exhibit greater stab resistance than flattened segments due to structural integrity preservation.