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Design and Nature V

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Design and Nature V

Transaction: Ecology and the Environment volume 138
Online ISSN: 1743-3541
Print ISBN: 978-1-84564-454-3
Edited By: C. A. Brebbia, A. Carpi
Published: 2010
Pages: 624

 

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Mathematics and music: the architecture of nature

Author(s): F. Morandi, E. B. P. Tiezzi & R. M. Pulselli
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the architecture of nature

Pages: 8 Size: 3,085 kb Price: US$ 30.00
From bones to columns: deciphering the codes of structures in nature and architecture

Author(s): G. Berkin
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of structures in nature and architecture

Pages: 6 Size: 3,736 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Natural aggregation processes as models for architectural material systems

Author(s): K. Dierichs & A. Menges
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architectural material systems

Pages: 11 Size: 6,903 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Structural morphology and self-organization

Author(s): E. Stach
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Pages: 12 Size: 3,255 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Tensegrity systems in nature and their impacts on the creativity of lightweight metal structures that can be applied in Egypt

Author(s): W. M. Galil
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on the creativity of lightweight metal structures
that can be applied in Egypt

Pages: 12 Size: 4,521 kb Price: US$ 30.00
An algorithm for constructing a truss network with the modular truss-Z system for pedestrian traffic in a 3D environment

Author(s): M. Zawidzki
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with the modular truss-Z system for pedestrian
traffic in a 3D environment

Pages: 12 Size: 6,069 kb Price: US$ 0.00
Victoria regia’s bequest to modern architecture

Author(s): D. Nielsen
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Pages: 12 Size: 5,234 kb Price: US$ 30.00
The relationship between green roofs and the thermal environment in Taipei city

Author(s): C.-Y. Sun
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the thermal environment in Taipei city

Pages: 12 Size: 4,073 kb Price: US$ 30.00
The influencing factors of architectural composition and the arrangement of human settlement in Orchid Island

Author(s): C.-J. Chen & S.-T. Kuo
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composition and the arrangement of
human settlement in Orchid Island

Pages: 12 Size: 5,478 kb Price: US$ 0.00
Green Corridors as a response for nature: greening Alexandria city by creating a green infrastructure network

Author(s): S. S. A. Aly & M. S. E. Amer
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greening Alexandria city by creating a green
infrastructure network

Pages: 17 Size: 6,149 kb Price: US$ 30.00
The effect of atrium façade design on daylighting in atrium and its adjoining spaces

Author(s): S. Samant
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daylighting in atrium and its adjoining spaces

Pages: 10 Size: 3,047 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Passive solar design: where urban and building design meet

Author(s): R. H. J. Looman & M. M. E. van Esch
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where urban and building design meet

Pages: 10 Size: 2,989 kb Price: US$ 30.00
The hierarchical structure of seashells optimized to resist mechanical threats

Author(s): M. Yourdkhani, D. Pasini & F. Barthelat
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optimized to resist mechanical threats

Pages: 12 Size: 3,599 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Characteristic equations with solutions that contain nature’s golden ratio

Author(s): B. T. Rosson
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contain nature’s golden ratio

Pages: 11 Size: 3,743 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Biomechanical analyses of rat locomotion during walking and climbing as a base for the design and construction of climbing robots

Author(s): E. Andrada, J. Mämpel, A. Schmidt, M. S. Fischer, A. Karguth & H. Witte
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during walking and climbing as a base for the
design and construction of climbing robots

Pages: 13 Size: 3,850 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Improvement of mechanical properties of long jute fiber reinforced polylactide prepared by injection molding process

Author(s): T. Fujiura, T. Okamoto, T. Tanaka & Y. Imaida
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jute fiber reinforced polylactide prepared by
injection molding process

Pages: 8 Size: 3,023 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Analysis of the stability of slopes reinforced by roots

Author(s): F. Gentile, G. Elia & R. Elia
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reinforced by roots

Pages: 12 Size: 3,558 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Effect of grounded bone powder addition on the mechanical properties of cement mortar

Author(s): M. Kotb, M. Assas & H. Abd-Elrahman
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the mechanical properties of cement mortar

Pages: 12 Size: 3,221 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Microbial fuel and chemical production using sweet potatoes

Author(s): M. Ntoampe, T. Matambo, D. Glasser & D. Hildebrandt
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sweet potatoes

Pages: 11 Size: 3,452 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Locomotion study of a single actuated, modular swimming robot

Author(s): M. Fremerey, L. Fischheiter, J. Mämpel & H. Witte
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modular swimming robot

Pages: 11 Size: 3,720 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Rainwater retention capacity of green roofs in subtropical monsoonal climatic regions: a case study of Taiwan

Author(s): C. F. Fang
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subtropical monsoonal climatic regions:
a case study of Taiwan

Pages: 11 Size: 4,214 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Solutions from nature for building envelope thermoregulation

Author(s): L. Badarnah, Y. Nachman Farchi & U. Knaack
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envelope thermoregulation

Pages: 12 Size: 3,733 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Further biomimetic challenges from the bombardier beetle: the intricate chemical production system

Author(s): A. C. McIntosh & A. Prongidis
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the bombardier beetle:
the intricate chemical production system

Pages: 8 Size: 3,212 kb Price: US$ 0.00
Biomimetics of sound production, synthesis and recognition

Author(s): G. Rosenhouse
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synthesis and recognition

Pages: 15 Size: 3,007 kb Price: US$ 30.00
A novel fabrication set-up for the flexible production of silicone based EAP “artificial muscle” actuators

Author(s): O. A. Araromi, A. T. Conn, C. S. Ling, S. C. Burgess & R. Vaidyanathan
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production of silicone based EAP
“artificial muscle” actuators

Pages: 12 Size: 3,725 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Pterodrone: a pterodactyl-inspired unmanned air vehicle that flies, walks, climbs, and sails

Author(s): S. Chatterjee, B. Roberts & R. Lind
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air vehicle that flies, walks, climbs, and sails

Pages: 16 Size: 3,821 kb Price: US$ 0.00
Relation between biomimetic and functional analysis in product design methodology

Author(s): I. Lopez Forniés & L. Berges Muro
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analysis in product design methodology

Pages: 12 Size: 3,680 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Material design of a biomimetic composite material used for a wooden building joint structure

Author(s): T. Ota & S. Enoki
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material used for a wooden building
joint structure

Pages: 9 Size: 3,204 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Interaction between the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction and lipid membranes: a kinetic investigation

Author(s): F. M. Pulselli, M. Catalucci, F. Rossi & N. Marchettini
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reaction and lipid membranes:
a kinetic investigation

Pages: 8 Size: 3,037 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Biomimetics: networking to turn scientific knowledge into beneficial practice

Author(s): R. W. Erb
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knowledge into beneficial practice

Pages: 4 Size: 3,299 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Electroactive polymer artificial muscles: an overview

Author(s): F. Carpi & D. De Rossi
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an overview

Pages: 12 Size: 3,131 kb Price: US$ 30.00
A novel pneumatic actuator with Tensairity

Author(s): R. H. Luchsinger & M. Bräker
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Pages: 10 Size: 3,559 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Magneto-mechanical actuation model for fin-based locomotion

Author(s): J. P. Carbajal & N. Kuppuswamy
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fin-based locomotion

Pages: 13 Size: 1,484 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Bivalve burrowing robots: correlating shell morphology and movement pattern with burrowing efficiency

Author(s): D. P. Germann, W. Schatz & P. Eggenberger Hotz
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morphology and movement pattern with
burrowing efficiency

Pages: 14 Size: 5,775 kb Price: US$ 0.00
Plant movements as concept generators for deployable systems in architecture

Author(s): S. Poppinga, T. Masselter, J. Lienhard, S. Schleicher, J. Knippers & T. Speck
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deployable systems in architecture

Pages: 7 Size: 3,129 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Biomimetic fibre-reinforced composites inspired by branched plant stems

Author(s): T. Masselter, T. Haushahn, H. Schwager, M. Milwich, R. Nathanson, M. Gude, F. Cichy, W. Hufenbach, C. Neinhuis & T. Speck
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inspired by branched plant stems

Pages: 10 Size: 5,024 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Fruit walls and nut shells as an inspiration for the design of bio-inspired impact resistant hierarchically structured materials

Author(s): R. Seidel, M. Thielen, C. Schmitt, A. Bührig-Polaczek, C. Fleck & T. Speck
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the design of bio-inspired impact resistant
hierarchically structured materials

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New attitude in polymers – self-healing

Author(s): A. Nellesen, A. M. Schmidt, J. Bertling & M. von Tapavicza
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Pages: 9 Size: 3,701 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Biotemplating: polysaccharides in materials engineering

Author(s): C. Zollfrank
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materials engineering

Pages: 11 Size: 5,944 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Biological lattices in fast self-repair mechanisms in plants and the development of bio-inspired self-healing polymers

Author(s): G. Bauer, A. Nellesen & T. Speck
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mechanisms in plants and the development of
bio-inspired self-healing polymers

Pages: 7 Size: 3,107 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Easing cracks with the Method of Tensile Triangles

Author(s): C. Mattheck, C. Wissner, I. Tesari & K. Bethge
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Pages: 7 Size: 3,919 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Elastic architecture: nature inspired pliable structures

Author(s): J. Lienhard, S. Poppinga, S. Schleicher, T. Speck & J. Knippers
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nature inspired pliable structures

Pages: 9 Size: 3,575 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Abstraction of bio-inspired curved-line folding patterns for elastic foils and membranes in architecture

Author(s): S. Schleicher, J. Lienhard, S. Poppinga, T. Speck & J. Knippers
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folding patterns for elastic foils and
membranes in architecture

Pages: 11 Size: 3,632 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Challenging the engineering view: comparative analysis of technological and biological functions targeting energy efficient facade systems

Author(s): S. Gosztonyi, M. Brychta & P. Gruber
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comparative analysis of technological and
biological functions targeting
energy efficient facade systems

Pages: 12 Size: 3,279 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Skin in architecture: towards bioinspired facades

Author(s): P. Gruber & S. Gosztonyi
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towards bioinspired facades

Pages: 11 Size: 4,996 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Invaders decrease the structural complexity of the indigenous community of Chozas Lake

Author(s): S. Bastianoni, M. Marchi & E. Tiezzi
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the indigenous community of Chozas Lake

Pages: 10 Size: 2,947 kb Price: US$ 30.00
“Socio-economic Design and Nature”: a possible representation through ecological footprint

Author(s): N. Patrizi, C. Capineri, B. Rugani & V. Niccolucci
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a possible representation through
ecological footprint

Pages: 8 Size: 3,594 kb Price: US$ 30.00
A living system for future engineers

Author(s): K. Jahan, J. W. Everett, S. Farrell, G. Tang, H. Zhang, A. Wenger & M. Noorie
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Pages: 8 Size: 3,836 kb Price: US$ 30.00
The pedagogy of bio-design: methodology development

Author(s): T. Roshko
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methodology development

Pages: 14 Size: 4,486 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Biomimicry: nature’s design process versus the designer’s process

Author(s): K. J. Rossin
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the designer’s process

Pages: 12 Size: 3,217 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Archetypes of art and concepts of science as pathways from natural to engineering design

Author(s): A. A. Berezin
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pathways from natural to engineering design

Pages: 12 Size: 3,237 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Natural and artificial helical structures

Author(s): F. Carpi, A. Carpi & M. A. Russo
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Pages: 8 Size: 3,000 kb Price: US$ 30.00
The vectorial organization of the human myocardium is designed for optimal electrical and contractile activity: clinical implications of its alterations

Author(s): M. Tafani, F. Carpi, E. Morgante, A. Russo, A. Carpi, M. Fini, B. Marino, A. Frustaci & M. A. Russo
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the human myocardium is designed for
optimal electrical and contractile activity:
clinical implications of its alterations

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