Biomimetic Research for Architecture and Building Construction : Biological Design and Integrative Structures - Knippers, Jan.; Nickel, Klaus G.; Speck, Thomas; SpringerLink (Online service) (Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016)
1. Biomimetic Research: a Dialogue Between the Disciplines -- 2. From Minimal Surfaces to Integrative Structures - The SFB-TRR 141 in the Light of the Legacy of Frei Otto and the SFB 230 'Natürliche Konstruktionen' -- 3. Bionics and Biodiversity - Bio-inspired Technical Innovation for a Sustainable Future -- 4. Insect-Inspired Architecture - Insects and other arthropods as a source for creative design in architecture -- 5. In Search of some Principles of Bio-Mimetics in Structural Engineering -- 6. Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transport in Frost-Resistant Plant Tissues -- 7. Plants and Animals as Source of Inspiration for Energy Dissipation in Load Bearing Systems and Facades -- 8. Adaptive Stiffness and Joint-Free Kinematics - Actively Actuated Rod-Shaped Structures in Plants and Animals and their Biomimetic Potential in Architecture and Engineering -- 9. Compliant Mechanisms in Plants and Architecture -- 10. Branched Structures in Plants and Architecture -- 11. The Skeleton of the Sand Dollar as a Biological Role Model for Segmented Shells in Building Construction: a Research Review -- 12. Continuous Fused Deposition Modelling of Architectural Envelopes Based on the Shell Formation of Molluscs: a Research Review -- 13. Analysis of Physcomitrella Chloroplasts to Reveal Adaption Principles Leading to Structural Stability at the Nano-Scale -- 14. Developing the Experimental Basis for an Evaluation of Scaling Properties of Brittle and "Quasi-Brittle" Biological Materials -- 15. Evolutionary Processes as Models for Exploratory Design -- 16. Fabrication of Biomimetic and Biologically Inspired (Modular) Structures for Use in the Construction Industrie -- 17. Structural Design with Biological Methods: Optimality, Multi-Functionality and Robustness -- 18. Bio-Inspired Sustainability Assessment - a Conceptual Framework -- 19. Making Life "Visible": Organism Concepts in Biology and Architecture as the Basis for an Interdisciplinary Synopsis of Constructional Biomimetics -- 20. Perceptual Orientation and Spatial Navigation in Dense Urban Environments.
Keywords: Life sciences; Life Sciences, general