Book ID: 71263
Mattheck, C.
Design in Nature. Learning from Trees. Transl.from the German by W. Linnard. 1998. 205 figs. XIII, 275 p. Paper bd.
Describes and verifies external shape laws in nature, not only validfor trees. It shows how growing structures repair disturbed optimumdesign after wounding and damage has occured. Computer simulation ofthese load - adaptive growths is used to find an ecological engineeringdesign, characterized by minimum weight and maximum strength. Thisoptimization procedure is already widely used in the industry, and many technical examples are given.