Evolution of Lightweight Structures Analyses and Technical Applications /

This volume contains studies on the evolution and function of lightweight constructions of planktonic and other organisms, and examples of how they can be used to create new solutions for radical innovations of lightweight constructions for technological application.   The principles and underlying...

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Hamm, Christian (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Σειρά:Biologically-Inspired Systems, 6
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Preface
  • 1: Protistan Skeletons: A Geologic History of Evolution and Constraint
  • 2: Morphospaces and Databases: Diatom Diversification through Time
  • 3: Biomineralization in Diatoms: The Organic Templates
  • 4: Mandibular Gnathobases of Marine Planktonic Copepods – Structural and Mechanical Challenges for Diatom Frustules
  • 5: Diatom Frustule Morphology and its Biomimetic Applications in Architecture and Industrial Design
  • 6: Fiber Reinforced Building Envelopes Inspired by Nature: Pavilion COCOON_FS
  • 7: Biomimetic Engineering of Tailored, Ultra-Lightweight Fibrous Composites
  • 8: Echinoderms: Hierarchically Organized Light Weight Skeletons
  • 9: Research Review: The Functions of Phytoliths in Land Plants
  • 10: ELiSE – An Integrated, Holistic, Bionic Approach to Develop Optimized Lightweight Solutions For Engineering, Architecture, and Design
  • 11: Offshore Foundation Based on the ELiSE Method.