Biologically Inspired Design Computational Methods and Tools /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Goel, Ashok K. (Editor), McAdams, Daniel A. (Editor), Stone, Robert B. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Computer-aided engineering.; Engineering design.; Structural materials.; Engineering Design.; Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design.; Structural Materials.

From simple cases such as hook and latch attachments found in Velcro to articulated-wing flying vehicles, biology often has been used to inspire many creative design ideas. The scientific challenge now is to transform the paradigm into a repeatable and scalable methodology. Biologically Inspired Des...

Table of Contents:

• 1.Introduction
• 2.The AskNature Database: Enabling Solutions in Biomimetic Design
• 3.A Natural Language Approach to Biomimetic design
• 4.A Thesaurus for Bioinspired Engineering Design
• 5.Function-Based Bioinspired Design
• 6.Information-Processing Accounts of Biologically Inspired Sustainable Design
• 7.Evolution of Undergraduate Biologically Inspired Design Course
• 8.Supporting Analogical Transfer in Biologically Inspired Design
• 9.Overcoming Cognitive Challenges in Bioinspired Design and Analogy
• 10.Bioinspiration in Robotics: A Design-Control-Manufacturing Perspective
• 11.Finding the gaps for BID
• 12.Evolution and Bio-inspired Design: Natural Limitations.