Biomimetics -- Materials, Structures and Processes: Examples, Ideas and Case Studies

✍ Scribed by Herbert Stachelberger, Petra Gruber (auth.), Petra Gruber, Dietmar Bruckner, Christian Hellmich, Heinz-Bodo Schmiedmayer, Herbert Stachelberger, Ille C. Gebeshuber (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 283
• Series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The book presents an outline of current activities in the field of biomimetics and integrates a variety of applications comprising biophysics, surface sciences, architecture and medicine. Biomimetics as innovation method is characterised by interdisciplinary information transfer from the life sciences to technical application fields aiming at increased performance, functionality and energy efficiency. The contributions of the book relate to the research areas: - Materials and structures in nanotechnology and biomaterials - Biomimetic approaches to develop new forms, construction principles and design methods in architecture - Information and dynamics in automation, neuroinformatics and biomechanics Readers will be informed about the latest research approaches and results in biomimetics with examples ranging from bionic nano-membranes to function-targeted design of tribological surfaces and the translation of natural auditory coding strategies.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Biomimetics: Its Technological and Societal Potential....Pages 1-6
Front Matter....Pages 7-7
Bionic (Nano) Membranes....Pages 9-24
Biomimetics in Tribology....Pages 25-49
Reptilian Skin as a Biomimetic Analogue for the Design of Deterministic Tribosurfaces....Pages 51-79
Multiscale Homogenization Theory: An Analysis Tool for Revealing Mechanical Design Principles in Bone and Bone Replacement Materials....Pages 81-103
Bioinspired Cellular Structures: Additive Manufacturing and Mechanical Properties....Pages 105-123
Front Matter....Pages 125-125
Biomimetics in Architecture[Architekturbionik]....Pages 127-148
Biomorphism in Architecture: Speculations on Growth and Form....Pages 149-178
Fractal Geometry of Architecture....Pages 179-200
Front Matter....Pages 201-201
Biomimetics in Intelligent Sensor and Actuator Automation Systems....Pages 203-218
Technical Rebuilding of Movement Function Using Functional Electrical Stimulation....Pages 219-247
Improving Hearing Performance Using Natural Auditory Coding Strategies....Pages 249-261
Back Matter....Pages 263-266

✦ Subjects

Biophysics and Biological Physics;Biomedical Engineering;Biomaterials;Building Construction;Nanotechnology