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Design and Nature II

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Design and Nature II

Transaction: Ecology and the Environment volume 73
Online ISSN: 1743-3541
Print ISBN: 1-85312-721-3
Edited By: C. A. BREBBIA, Wessex Institute of Technology, United Kingdom & M.W. Collins, South Bank University, U.K.
Published: 2004
Pages: 648

 

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Form-optimizing processes in biological structures – self-generating structures in nature based on pneumatics

Author(s): E. Stach
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structures – self-generating structures in
nature based on pneumatics

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Structural analysis using nature’s golden proportion

Author(s): B.T. Rosson
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Pages: 10 Size: 621 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Sacred geometry in nature and Persian architecture

Author(s): M. Hejazi
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architecture

Pages: 10 Size: 1,243 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Complexity in architecture: a small scale analysis

Author(s): N. Sala
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a small scale analysis

Pages: 10 Size: 1,327 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Similarities between "structures in nature" and "man-made structures": biomimesis in architecture

Author(s): S. Arslan & A. G. Sorguc
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Pages: 10 Size: 619 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Neural networks and information interchange in buildings

Author(s): W. Höhl
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in buildings

Pages: 8 Size: 215 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Assessing the parametric building model capabilities in minimizing change orders

Author(s): H. Mokbel & G. Salazar
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capabilities in minimizing change orders

Pages: 9 Size: 1,006 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Making reasonable decisions for a greening plan: effects of the distribution of shading duration by building structures

Author(s): C.H. Lin, D.L. Ling & Y.S. Chang
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plan: effects of the distribution of shading
duration by building structures

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Influence of consolidation and interweaving on compression behavior of IsoTruss™ structures

Author(s): S.M. Hansen & D.W. Jensen
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compression behavior of IsoTruss™ structures

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a comparison of two urban horticultural restoration programs in arid California

Author(s): C.A. Rowley & S.E. Craig
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restoration programs in arid California

Pages: 12 Size: 647 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Aesthetic tradition and ancient technology: a case study of the water-wheel

Author(s): A. de Miranda
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a case study of the water-wheel

Pages: 10 Size: 2,328 kb Price: US$ 30.00
A sustainable house for the southeastern United States

Author(s): D.C. Lewis & S.C. Kitchens
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United States

Pages: 10 Size: 897 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Self-adaptive and sustainable buildings

Author(s): R. Zmeureanu
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Pages: 8 Size: 225 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Determination of the reference building form concerning thermal comfort and minimum heat loss

Author(s): G.K. Oral & G. Manioğlu
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concerning thermal comfort and minimum
heat loss

Pages: 9 Size: 344 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Architecture and nature: maintenance and conservation of mountain architecture

Author(s): D. Bosia
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conservation of mountain architecture

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Durability and degradation of natural stone in Syracusan façades: materials and techniques compatible for recovery interventions

Author(s): F. Cantone, S. De Medici & V. Fiore
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Syracusan façades: materials and techniques
compatible for recovery interventions

Pages: 10 Size: 716 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Bio-mimics for sound and vibration technologies

Author(s): G. Rosenhouse
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technologies

Pages: 7 Size: 213 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Music, nature and structural form

Author(s): P.S. Bulson
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Pages: 9 Size: 289 kb Price: US$ 30.00
The criterion of noise attenuation by hedges

Author(s): C.F. Fang
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Pages: 9 Size: 311 kb Price: US$ 30.00
The mechanical self-optimisation of trees

Author(s): C. Mattheck & I. Tesari
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Pages: 10 Size: 2,507 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Application of fractional calculus in modeling and solving the bioheat equation

Author(s): R. Magin, Y. Sagher & S. Boregowda
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and solving the bioheat equation

Pages: 10 Size: 268 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Electro-osmotically driven flow near a soil animal body surface and biomimetics

Author(s): Y.Y. Yan, J.B. Hull, L. Ren & J. Li
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animal body surface and biomimetics

Pages: 9 Size: 469 kb Price: US$ 30.00
The efficiency of the explosive discharge of the bombardier beetle, with possible biomimetic applications

Author(s): A.C. McIntosh & M. Forman
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of the bombardier beetle, with possible
biomimetic applications

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The development of a miniature mechanism for producing insect wing motion

Author(s): S.C. Burgess, K. Alemzadeh & L. Zhang
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producing insect wing motion

Pages: 8 Size: 776 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Study on the wettability and self-cleaning of butterfly wing surfaces

Author(s): G. Chen, Q. Cong, Y. Feng & L. Ren
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butterfly wing surfaces

Pages: 7 Size: 568 kb Price: US$ 30.00
A 3-D finite element analysis of the sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) fruit under impact: a useful approach for the understanding and improvement of its hullability

Author(s): L.F. Hernández & P.M. Bellés
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(Helianthus annuus L.) fruit under impact:
a useful approach for the understanding and
improvement of its hullability

Pages: 11 Size: 2,414 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Structural formation of mandibles by a cellular automaton model

Author(s): N. Inou, M. Koseki, I. Kato & K. Maki
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by a cellular automaton model

Pages: 10 Size: 2,788 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Characteristics of the non-smooth surface morphology of living creatures and its application in agricultural engineering

Author(s): L.Q. Ren, Z.W. Han, L.M. Tian & J.Q. Li
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morphology of living creatures and its
application in agricultural engineering

Pages: 10 Size: 675 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Bamboo as a composite structure and its mechanical failure behaviour

Author(s): R. Kappel, C. Mattheck, K. Bethge & I. Tesari
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mechanical failure behaviour

Pages: 9 Size: 4,729 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Genetic analysis of coordinate flagellar and type III regulatory circuits in pathogenic bacteria

Author(s): S.A. Minnich & S.C. Meyer
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type III regulatory circuits in pathogenic
bacteria

Pages: 10 Size: 2,240 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Designed porous and multi-scale flow structures

Author(s): A. Bejan
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flow structures

Pages: 10 Size: 688 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Inherent benefits in microscale fractal-like devices for enhanced transport phenomena

Author(s): D. Pence & K. Enfield
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devices for enhanced transport phenomena

Pages: 11 Size: 638 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Lessons learned from the exquisite design of the endothelial surface glycocalyx and their amazing applications

Author(s): Q. Wu, Y. Andreopoulos & S. Weinbaum
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the endothelial surface glycocalyx and their
amazing applications

Pages: 10 Size: 846 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Structural analysis of sludge floc

Author(s): D.J. Lee
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Pages: 10 Size: 750 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Learning from nature in building sustainable chemical technology

Author(s): M.-O. Coppens
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chemical technology

Pages: 10 Size: 819 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Two-objective optimization and robustness

Author(s): S. Lorente
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Pages: 10 Size: 950 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Applications of the finite vortex model

Author(s): R. Liebe
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Pages: 10 Size: 3,089 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Dissipative structures, complexity and strange attractors: keynotes for a new eco-aesthetics

Author(s): R. M. Pulselli, G.C. Magnoli, N. Marchettini & E. Tiezzi
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attractors: keynotes for a new eco-aesthetics

Pages: 7 Size: 598 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Material/matter/mater: the fundamental integrating principles

Author(s): M.A. Báez
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integrating principles

Pages: 11 Size: 6,501 kb Price: US$ 30.00
The phi code in nature, architecture and engineering

Author(s): R. F. Borges
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engineering

Pages: 9 Size: 1,002 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Isotopic diversity in natural and engineering design

Author(s): A.A. Berezin
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engineering design

Pages: 9 Size: 223 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Advanced reverse design through a new biologically based system

Author(s): N.M.F. Alves & P.J.S. Bártolo
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biologically based system

Pages: 10 Size: 694 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Cells, gels and mechanics

Author(s): G.H. Pollack
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Pages: 10 Size: 1,038 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Determination of pain intensity in newborns by time series analysis

Author(s): E.B.P. Tiezzi, F.M. Pulselli & A. Facchini
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time series analysis

Pages: 8 Size: 434 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Modelling the human upper body in three-dimensional motion

Author(s): A.B. Thornton-Trump, C.Y.A. Chan & K.M.A. Weiss-Bundy
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in three-dimensional motion

Pages: 10 Size: 364 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Blood flow in vessels with artificial or pathological geometrical changes

Author(s): P. Tibaut, B. Wiesler, M. Mayer & R. Wegenkittel
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pathological geometrical changes

Pages: 9 Size: 3,089 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Computational biomimetics of twisted plywood architectures in fibrous biological composites through chiral liquid crystal self-assembly

Author(s): G. De Luca & A.D. Rey
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architectures in fibrous biological composites
through chiral liquid crystal self-assembly

Pages: 10 Size: 2,366 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Biomimetic manufacturing of fibers

Author(s): F. Teulé, C. Aubé, M. Ellison & A. Abbott
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Pages: 9 Size: 345 kb Price: US$ 30.00
On uniqueness of fibrous materials

Author(s): N. Pan
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Pages: 10 Size: 298 kb Price: US$ 30.00
The difference in tensile behaviour of different silks of the spider A. diadematus

Author(s): E. Van Nimmen, K. Gellynck, L. Van Langenhove & J. Mertens
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silks of the spider A. diadematus

Pages: 10 Size: 287 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Experimental investigation on anti-wear of a bionic non-smooth surface made by laser texturing

Author(s): Z.W. Han, L.Q. Ren, Z.B. Liu & C.J. Yang
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bionic non-smooth surface made by laser
texturing

Pages: 10 Size: 978 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Imitating nature in building up thermodynamically stable layers on metals for protection against corrosion

Author(s): A.F. Batzias & G. Batis
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thermodynamically stable layers on metals
for protection against corrosion

Pages: 11 Size: 576 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Bio-prototyping

Author(s): P. Bártolo, A. Mendes & A. Jardini
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Pages: 10 Size: 1,123 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Bionic improvement of soil bulldozing plates

Author(s): P. vander Straeten, M. F. Destain & J.C. Verbrugge
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Pages: 9 Size: 640 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Reduction of sliding resistance between clay and bionics plates

Author(s): J. Li, Z. Cui, L. Ren, J. Sun & Y.Y. Yan
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and bionics plates

Pages: 10 Size: 2,010 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Matching nature with ‘Complex Geometry' – an Architectural history

Author(s): J. Tomlow
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Pages: 10 Size: 1,066 kb Price: US$ 30.00
‘Praxis of Inquiry’ in architectural design

Author(s): T.J. Truesdale
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Pages: 11 Size: 3,627 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Structural design in nature and in architecture

Author(s): A. Mosseri
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Pages: 11 Size: 365 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Biomimetics applied to space exploration

Author(s): M. Ayre
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Pages: 10 Size: 236 kb Price: US$ 30.00
Space flower: the bionic system for satellite thermal regulation

Author(s): J. Matovic, A. Vujanic, C. Kment & K. Reichenberger
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thermal regulation

Pages: 9 Size: 676 kb Price: US$ 30.00
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