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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This book is actually a detailed study of reducing stress concentrations found in structures. The author arrived at these simple rules by studying trees, and his results are validated using extensive finite element modeling by others. The practical value is clear: as we move away from manufacturing by removing metal from large blocks (machining) to build-up of structures by additive processes (metal powder sintering, polymer curing lithography, etc) using CAD models, his approaches can be applied easily.The book is very well illustrated with 205 figures, many in color.
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Anyone wanting to develop a new car today would not delve first into the mysteries of mail-coach design, and then mentally repeat all the main models of old cars in sequence until finally, after great delay, arriving at today's design problem. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Matthias Teschner, Karlsruhe Research Centre, Lothar Harzheim, Andreas Baumgartner, Frank Walther, Baumgartner Fig, Soft Kill Option, Wolfgang Albrecht, Frank Dietrich, Klaus Bethge, Computer-Aided Manufacturing, Manfred Prinz Fig, Mechanical Companionship, Species Difference, The Internal Diary, The Right Load Distribution, Tree-Stone Friendships, Tree-Tree Contacts New!
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Anyone wanting to develop a new car today would not delve first into the mysteries of mail-coach design, and then mentally repeat all the main models of old cars in sequence until finally, after great delay, arriving at today's design problem. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Matthias Teschner, Karlsruhe Research Centre, Lothar Harzheim, Andreas Baumgartner, Frank Walther, Baumgartner Fig, Soft Kill Option, Wolfgang Albrecht, Frank Dietrich, Klaus Bethge, Computer-Aided Manufacturing, Manfred Prinz Fig, Mechanical Companionship, Species Difference, The Internal Diary, The Right Load Distribution, Tree-Stone Friendships, Tree-Tree Contacts New!
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- Department of the Environment: Town and Country Planning Service: [Hc]: [1995-96]: House of Commons Papers: [1995-96] by J.M. Dowdall on page 162
- Body Language of Trees (Research for Amenity Trees) by Claus Mattheck on page 162
- Performance-Based Optimization of Structures: Theory and Applications (Spon Research) by Qing Quan Liang on page 9, and page 43
- Oak: The Frame of Civilization by William Bryant Logan in Back Matter
- Comparative Biomechanics: Life's Physical World by Steven Vogel in Back Matter
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