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We live in a well-engineered universe. This engineering is present
in every system and organism in existence, including in the actions
and interactions of plants and animals. In fact, one could say that
the function and movement of plants and animals is just as much a
part of their makeup as chlorophyll and fiber or bone and blood.
Consequently, if we want to understand the ecology of animals and
plants especially in an integrated ecosystem, it follows that great
insight can be gained by taking an approach that studies function
and integration of parts rather than the individual parts
themselves. Ecology and Biomechanics: A Mechanical Approach to the
Ecology of Animals and Plants offers a collection of
state-of-the-art papers that ingeniously demonstrates how
biomechanics can provide novel insights into long standing
ecological and evolutionary questions. The majority of the book's
chapters were originally presented at a symposium held at the
annual meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology in
Edinburgh, U.K., in 2004. Combining approaches from various
disciplines, this volume covers subjects that encompass theoretical
concepts and practical approaches involving research on both plants
and animals, as well as interactions between the two. Although most
of the examples emphasize distinct organism-environment
relationships such as the grazing of ruminants, the book also
includes a few examples that span larger temporal and spatial
scales, achieving wider application across ecosystems. This can be
seen in the chapter Implications of Microbial Motility on the Water
Column Ecosystems, which highlights how microbial ecosystems can be
understood from the mechanics, morphology, and motile responses of
the individual organisms. Designed to serve as a reference for
students and researchers, Ecology and Biomechanics: A Mechanical
Approach to the Ecology of Animals and Plants paves the way for
further research.
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Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems - 9th International Conference, Living Machines 2020, Freiburg, Germany, July 28-30, 2020, Proceedings (Paperback, 1st ed. 2020)
Vasiliki Vouloutsi, Anna Mura, Falk Tauber, Thomas Speck, Tony J Prescott, …
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This book constitutes the proceedings of the )th International
Conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Living Machines
2020, held in Freiburg, Germany, in July 2020. Due to COVID-19
pandemic the conference was held virtually. The 32 full and 7 short
papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and
selected from 45 submissions. They deal with research on novel
life-like technologies inspired by the scientific investigation of
biological systems, biomimetics, and research that seeks to
interface biological and artificial systems to create biohybrid
systems.
Was haben Business und Bakterien gemeinsam? Beide koennen uber eine
Zeit hinweg exponentiell wachsen, aber irgendwann reicht der
"Nahrstoff" nicht mehr und das System bricht scheinbar ploetzlich
zusammen. Die aktuelle Finanzkrise ist ein gutes Beispiel dafur. In
Wirtschaft und Politik werden mit Alphatieren, Adlern oder Amoeben
gerne Bezuge zur Natur hergestellt. Symbiose, Schwarmbildung oder
Evolution dienen als Analogien fur Management, Marketing und
Unternehmensstrategien. Warum ist das so? OEkonomie und Natur haben
mehr gemein, als man auf den ersten Blick vermuten moechte: In
beiden Systemen spielen Prinzipien wie Wettbewerb, Organisation,
Kooperation, Kundenansprache und Ressourcenmanagement
gleichermassen eine bedeutende Rolle. Die Beitrage in dem Buch
zeigen in anschaulicher und unterhaltsamer Weise, warum die
Grundgesetze der Evolution auch fur die kulturelle Evolution des
Menschen gelten - und wie Wirtschaft von der Natur lernen kann.
Nature has always been a source of inspiration for the design of
the human environment. The analysis of biological constructions can
not only lead to astonishing technical solutions but can also
inspire the design of architecture. Bionics is a fascinating border
area between pure research and practical application: biologists,
chemists, physicists, mineralogists, and paleontologists meet up
with material scientists, engineers, and architects and transfer
their knowledge to architecture and construction. Using numerous
practical examples, this richly illustrated introduction traces the
process from the understanding of how something functions, to
abstraction—for example in computer models—and the construction
of initial prototypes, through to fully functional manufacture and
production.
This book comprises a first survey of the Collaborative Research
Center SFB-TRR 141 'Biological Design and Integrative Structures -
Analysis, Simulation and Implementation in Architecture', funded by
the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft since October 2014. The SFB-TRR
141 provides a collaborative framework for architects and engineers
from the University of Stuttgart, biologists and physicists from
the University of Freiburg and geoscientists and evolutionary
biologists from the University of Tubingen. The programm is
conceptualized as a dialogue between the disciplines and is based
on the belief that that biomimetic research has the potential to
lead everyone involved to new findings far beyond his individual
reach. During the last few decades, computational methods have been
introduced into all fields of science and technology. In
architecture, they enable the geometric differentiation of building
components and allow the fabrication of porous or fibre-based
materials with locally adjusted physical and chemical properties.
Recent developments in simulation technologies focus on multi-scale
models and the interplay of mechanical phenomena at various
hierarchical levels. In the natural sciences, a multitude of
quantitative methods covering diverse hierarchical levels have been
introduced. These advances in computational methods have opened a
new era in biomimetics: local differentiation at various scales,
the main feature of natural constructions, can for the first time
not only be analysed, but to a certain extent also be transferred
to building construction. Computational methodologies enable the
direct exchange of information between fields of science that,
until now, have been widely separated. As a result they lead to a
new approach to biomimetic research, which, hopefully, contributes
to a more sustainable development in architecture and building
construction.
Nature has always been a source of inspiration for the design of
the human environment. The analysis of biological constructions can
not only lead to astonishing technical solutions but can also
inspire the design of architecture. Bionics is a fascinating border
area between pure research and practical application: biologists,
chemists, physicists, mineralogists, and paleontologists meet up
with material scientists, engineers, and architects and transfer
their knowledge to architecture and construction. Using numerous
practical examples, this richly illustrated introduction traces the
process from the understanding of how something functions, to
abstraction—for example in computer models—and the construction
of initial prototypes, through to fully functional manufacture and
production.
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