Design in Nature: Learning from Trees
Author:   Claus Mattheck ,  W. Linnard
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Edition:   1998 ed.
ISBN:  

9783540629375


Pages:   276
Publication Date:   28 January 1998
Format:   Paperback
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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.

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Author:   Claus Mattheck ,  W. Linnard
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   1998 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.520kg
ISBN:  

9783540629375


ISBN 10:   3540629378
Pages:   276
Publication Date:   28 January 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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From the reviews I recommend this book to biologists and engineers alike. Nature ...delightful ...this book is a visual feast for engineers and industrial designers, while the photographs and exuberant prose make it accessible to all. New Scientist


"From the reviews ""I recommend this book to biologists and engineers alike."" Nature ""...delightful ...this book is a visual feast for engineers and industrial designers, while the photographs and exuberant prose make it accessible to all."" New Scientist"


From the reviews I recommend this book to biologists and engineers alike. Nature ...delightful ...this book is a visual feast for engineers and industrial designers, while the photographs and exuberant prose make it accessible to all. New Scientist


From the reviews<br> I recommend this book to biologists and engineers alike. Nature <br>.,. delightful ...this book is a visual feast for engineers and industrial designers, while the photographs and exuberant prose make it accessible to all. New Scientist


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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).

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