Anderson / Vincent / Montgomery Ocean Innovation

Biomimetics Beneath the Waves
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4822-9775-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 202 Seiten

Ocean organisms employ engineering strategies which enable them to maintain life functions such as buoyancy and locomotion in a growing, self repairing body. This book explores the possibilities of using these engineering feats in the human world. Each chapter presents a particular engineering problem and then looks to the organisms of the ocean for solutions. The book offers case studies that demonstrate how natural solutions can be applied to some specific engineering challenges, both terrestrial and oceanic. The text encourages engineers to explore new ideas, rather than mimic them.

Zielgruppe

Engineers and biologists interested in marine organisms from a design standpoint and students in the field.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Anderson, Iain A.

Vincent, Julian

Montgomery, John

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Angewandte Biologie Biophysik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Biophysik
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Bionik, Biomimetik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Natural vs. Engineered Materials
Body Morphing
Adhesion and Fixation
Moving a Fluid
Adapting to Ambient (or Physical) Conditions
Body Stiffness
Sensing and Control
Stealth
Energy

Über Autor(innen)

lain Anderson completed his PhD (Engineering Science, University of Auckland) in 1996. He is currently a Principal Investigator with the Auckland Bioengineering Institute where he manages the Biomimetics Laboratory and a Senior Lecturer with the Department of Engineering Science at the University of Auckland.

Julian Vincent, Ph.D., DSc, FRES, CEng, FlMechE is a biologist, Professor of Biomimetics in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bath and the Director of the Centre for Biomimetic and Natural Technologies.