Optimisation Mechanics in Nature (Design & Nature) - Hardcover

Editors: M. W. COLLINS; D.G. HUNT; M. A. ATHERTON

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1853129461 ISBN 13: 9781853129469

Publisher: WIT Press, 2004

Synopsis

This book comprises a study of the two great organic solids in Nature, namely wood and bone. The common scientific laws which act in parallel for both natural and man-made materials are detailed here as wood and bone are studied in their natural structural environment as well as in the fields of engineering structural analysis and medical analysis. The relationship between them enables wood to be used in engineering structures and man-made materials to be used as scaffolding for tissue restoration in the human environment. The 'two-way traffic' relationship explored in this volume is termed biomimesis, a modern development of the ancient Greek concept of mimesis - the man-made imitation of nature.

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Synopsis

Part of a series dedicated to common scientific laws in natural and man-made materials, this collection of eight papers explores structural characteristics of wood and bone, as well as the biomimetic relationship between wood and bone on the one hand, and man-made structures and materials on the other. Among the topics presented by the editors (all

Edition details

• Publisher: WIT Press
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853129461
• ISBN 13: 9781853129469
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 176
• Editor: M.W. Collins, M.A. Atherton, D. Hunt