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Design in nature : learning from trees

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    Book Overview
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    Chapter 1 Introduction
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    Chapter 2 The Minimum on Mechanics
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    Chapter 3 What Is a Good Mechanical Design?
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    Chapter 4 The Axiom of Uniform Stress and How Computer Methods Derive from It
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    Chapter 5 The Mechanics of Trees and the Self-Optimization of Tree Shape
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    Chapter 6 The Right Load Distribution: The Axiom of Uniform Stress and Tree Shape
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    Chapter 7 Annual Rings: The Internal Diary as a Consequence of the External Situation
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    Chapter 8 Wood Fibres and Force Flow: The Fear of Shear Stress
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    Chapter 9 How Does a Tree Break?
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    Chapter 10 Can Trees Really Not Shrink?
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    Chapter 11 Bones: Ultra-Light and Very Strong by Continuous Optimization of Shape
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    Chapter 12 Bone Design: Selected Examples
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    Chapter 13 Bony Frameworks and Tree Frameworks Compared
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    Chapter 14 Claws and Thorns: Shape-Optimized by Success in the Lottery of Heredity
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    Chapter 15 Biological Shells
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    Chapter 16 Bracing: Ultra-Light but Highly Specialized
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    Chapter 17 Shape Optimization by Growth in Engineering Design
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    Chapter 18 Unity in Diversity: Design Target and Realization
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    Chapter 19 Critique on Optimum Shape: Sensitization by Specialization
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    Chapter 20 Outlook: Ecodesign and Close-to-Nature Computer Empiricism
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    Chapter 21 New Examples of Application in Self-Explanatory Illustrations
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Chapter title
Biological Shells
Chapter number 15
Book title
Design in Nature
Published by
Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, January 1998
DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-58747-4_15
Book ISBNs
978-3-54-062937-5, 978-3-64-258747-4
Authors

Claus Mattheck

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 1 100%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Engineering 1 100%