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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299853703321

Autore

Nachtigall Werner

Titolo

Bionics by Examples [[electronic resource] ] : 250 Scenarios from Classical to Modern Times / / by Werner Nachtigall, Alfred Wisser

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-05858-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (325 p.)

Disciplina

531

571.4

610.28

620

Soggetti

Biomedical engineering

Biophysics

Biological physics

Mechanics

Systems biology

Biological systems

Physics

Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering

Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics

Classical Mechanics

Systems Biology

Applied and Technical Physics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Prehistory -- Early History -- Classical Period -- Modern -- Materials and Structures -- Styling and Design -- Constructions and Devices -- Building and Climate Control -- Robotics and Locomotion -- Sensors and Neural Control -- Anthropo- and Biomedical Technology -- Procedures and Expiries -- Evolution and Optimization -- Systemic and Organization -- Concepts and Documentation -- Main Focuses and Education.



Sommario/riassunto

Bionics means learning from the nature for the development of technology. The science of "bionics" itself is classified into several sections, from materials and structures over procedures and processes until evolution and optimization. Not all these areas, or only a few, are really known in the public and also in scientific literature. This includes the Lotus-effect, converted to the contamination-reduction of fassades and the shark-shed-effect, converted to the  resistance-reduction of airplanes. However, there are hundreds of highly interesting examples that contain the transformation of principles of the nature into technology. From the large number of these examples, 250 were selected for the present book according to "prehistory", "early-history", "classic" and "modern time". Most examples are new. Every example includes a printed page in a homogeneous arrangement. The examples from the field "modern time" are joint in blocks corresponding to the sub-disciplines of bionics.