Snake fangs: 3D morphological and mechanical analysis by microCT, simulation, and physical compression testing.

ABSTRACT: This Data Note provides data from an experimental campaign to analyse the detailed internal and external morphology and mechanical properties of venomous snake fangs. The aim of the experimental campaign was to investigate the evolutionary development of 3 fang phenotypes and investigate their mechanical behaviour. The study involved the use of load simulations to compare maximum Von Mises stress values when a load is applied to the tip of the fang. The conclusions of this study have been published elsewhere, but in this data note we extend the analysis, providing morphological comparisons including details such as curvature comparisons, thickness, etc. Physical compression results of individual fangs, though reported in the original paper, were also extended here by calculating the effect

SUBMITTER: du Plessis A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5765556 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature