Biomimetics of Motion Nature-Inspired Parameters and Schemes for Kinetic Design /

• Main Author: Persiani, Sandra (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Engineering design.; Buildings-Design and construction.; Building.; Construction.; Engineering, Architectural.; Biomedical engineering.; Engineering Design.; Building Construction and Design.; Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering.

This book provides readers with a timely guide to the application of biomimetic principles in architecture and engineering design, and describes various aspects of motion in living systems. Geometric, mechanical and rhythmic parameters are listed and illustrated using examples from flora and fauna,...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Evolution and body plans, as Nature designs
• Geometry of Motion
• Biomechanics of Motion
• Rhythmics of Motion
• Case Studies.