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Optimal Structural Features In Trees And Their Application In Engineering

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Nature In Growth Of Tree Stems Derived From Ring Analysis

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Integrating Biological Optimisation Methods Into Engineering Design Process

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Designing Tree-like Engineering Networks By Mimicking Evolution

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Scale Transition In Bone Elasticity: A Continuum Micromechanics Approach

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Constructal Theory Of Organization In Nature: Dendritic Flows, Allometric Laws And Flight

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On The Design Of Efficient Micro Air Vehicles

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The Evolution Of The Car: An Investigation Into Product History. Similarities, Contrasts And Questions.

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The Importance Of The Microstructure Of Snow In Nature And Engineering

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Morphology Of The Pox Viruses

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Experimental Evidences For Chaotic Dynamics In The Roar Of The Cervus Elaphus Corsicanus

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New Procedure For Designing Optimised Technical Systems With Use Of Biological Objects

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Miniature Attachment Systems: Exploring Biological Design Principles

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Extending Nature

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Natural Hook-and-loop Fasteners: Anatomy, Mechanical Properties, And Attachment Force Of The Jointed Hooks Of The Galium Aparine Fruit

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Solutions Derived From Natural Processes Harmonising Nature And Material Culture

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Urban Evolution Modelling: A Macro Quantum Approach For Great Mendoza

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Thermodynamic Concepts For Sustainability Studies

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A District Oriented Approach To Energy Analysis: A Case Study From The Food Industry

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Designing A DNA For Adaptive Architecture: A New Built Environment For Social Sustainability

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Design In Nature From Pythagoras To Helmholtz To The Cantor Musical Array

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Diversified Longevity - An Architecture Of Disengagement And Localized Production

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The ‘curves Of Nature’ – The Organic Inflections Of Modern Regionalism And Ecological Architecture In An Urbanising Context

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Synthesis Of Form, Structure And Material – Design For A Form-optimized Lightweight Membrane Construction

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Text-tiles Of In-formation: Drawing Inspiration From The Nature Of Things

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Theory And Simulation Of Texture Formation In Chiral Nematic Liquid Crystals: Applications To Biological Fibrous Composites

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A Ghost Image Of The Colonia Güell Church By Antoni Gaudí

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An Analysis Of Structure Design Of Storey-increase Of Certain Building On Natural Foundation

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Nature And Design In Traditional Persian Architecture

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Validation Of The Finite Vortex Model By Analyzing Unsteady Aerodynamic Experiments

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Computer Modelling Of Multifingers Hand Driven By Muscle Activation And Application To Artificial Upper-limb System

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Determination Of The Maximum Force Due To Skull Impact In Fights Between Sheep Of The Ovis Aries Species

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A General Finite Vortex Model To Describe Unsteady Aerodynamics In Nature

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Liquid Crystals Thermography For Technical And Biomedical Application

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The Supramolecular Structure Of Water

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Parametric Identification Of Lower Limbs During Walking Of A Man

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Bionics And Ecodesign: How Are Materials Used In Nature, And What Can Thus Be Applied To Sustainable Product Design?

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Biomimetic Manufacturing Of Fibers

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Materials And Structures Of Foods

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High Speed Impact Of Nautilus Nacre

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Human Vision Principles Supporting Computer Aided Design

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Revealing The Parthenon’s Logos Optikos

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The Physical Structure, Optical Mechanics And Aesthetics Of The Peacock Tail Feathers

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Transaction

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volume

57

Print ISBN

978-1-85312-901-8

Edited By

C.A. Brebbia and L.J. SUCHAROV, Wessex Institute of Technology, United Kingdom and P. PASCOLO, Universita degli di Udine, ITALY

Electronic ISSN

1743-3541

Published

2002

Pages

460