Bioinspired Structures and Design -

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Résumé :
Master simple to advanced biomaterials and structures with this essential text.

Sommaire:
Part I. Materials: 1. Bioinspired and biomimetic design of multilayered and multiscale structures Ali A. Salifu, Manu Sebastian Mannoor and Wole Soboyejo; 2. Human cortical bone as a structural material: hierarchical design and biological degradation Elizabeth A. Zimmermann and Robert O. Ritchie; 3. Bioinspired design of multilayered composites: lessons from nacre Sina Askarinejad and Nima Rahbar; 4. Bamboo-inspired materials and structures Ting Tan and Wole Soboyejo; Part II. Structures: 5. Bioinspired underwater propulsors Tyler Van Buren, Daniel Floryan and Alexander J. Smits; 6. Bioinspired design of dental functionally graded multilayer structures Jing Du, Xinrui Nui and Wole Soboyejo; 7. Bionic organs Kiavash Kiaee, Yasamin A. Jodat and Manu Sebastian Mannoor; 8. Bioinspired design for energy storage devices Loza F. Tadesse and Iwnetim I. Abate; 9. Bioinspired design of nanostructures: inspiration from viruses for disease detection and treatment Nicolas Anuku, John David Obayemi, Olushola S. Odusanya, Karen A. Malatesta and Wole Soboyejo; Part III. Natural Phenomena: 10. Aquatic animals operating at high Reynolds numbers: biomimetic opportunities for AUV applications Frank E. Fish; 11. Flying of insects Bo Cheng; 12. Designing nature-inspired liquid-repellent surfaces Birgitt Boschitsch Stogin, Lin Wang and Tak-Sing Wong; 13. Biomimetic and soft robotics: materials, mechanics, and mechanisms Wanliang Shan and Yantao Shen; 14. Bioinspired building envelopes Steven van Dessel, Mingjiang Tao and Sergio Granados-Focil; Index.