Design in Nature

Learning from Trees

Häftad, Engelska, 1998

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This book describes and verifies external shape laws in nature, not only valid for trees, but also for bones, claws, thorns, etc. It is shown how growing structures repair the disturbed optimum design after wounding and damage has occured. Computer simulation of these load-adaptive growths is used to find an ecological engineering design, characterized by minimum weight and maximum strength. The optimization procedure is already widely used in industry and many technical examples are given.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1998-01-28
Mått155 x 235 x 19 mm
Vikt500 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor276
Upplaga1998
FörlagSpringer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
ISBN9783540629375
ÖversättareLinnard, W.

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Born in Dresden, Germany in 1947. Study of physics in Dresden, Phd in theoretical physics in 1973. Habilitation in the field of damage control in 1985. Lectures on biomechanics at the University of Kalrsruhe. Head of the Department of Biomechanics of the Research Centre in Karlsruhe. Several awards in science and literature, 2003 Germany's environmental achievement award (Deutscher Umweltpreis).

The Minimum on Mechanics.- What Is a Good Mechanical Design?.- The Axiom of Uniform Stress and How Computer Methods Derive from It.- The Mechanics of Trees and the Self-Optimization of Tree Shape.- The Right Load Distribution: The Axiom of Uniform Stress and Tree Shape.- Annual Rings: The Internal Diary as a Consequence of the External Situation.- Wood Fibres and Force Flow: The Fear of Shear Stress.- How Does a Tree Break?.- Can Trees Really Not Shrink?.- Bones: Ultra-Light and Very Strong by Continuous Optimization of Shape.- Bone Design: Selected Examples.- Bony Frameworks and Tree Frameworks Compared.- Claws and Thorns: Shape-Optimized by Success in the Lottery of Heredity.- Biological Shells.- Bracing: Ultra-Light but Highly Specialized.- Shape Optimization by Growth in Engineering Design.- Unity in Diversity: Design Target and Realization.- Critique on Optimum Shape: Sensitization by Specialization.- Outlook: Ecodesign and Close-to-Nature Computer Empiricism.- New Examples of Application in Self-Explanatory Illustrations.- References.