Biomimetic rules for design of complex adaptive structures

Carolyn M. Dry

doi:10.1117/12.446762

23 October 2001 Biomimetic rules for design of complex adaptive structures

Carolyn M. Dry

Proceedings Volume 4512, Complex Adaptive Structures; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.446762
Event: Complex Adaptive Structures, 2001, Hutchinson Island, FL, United States

Abstract

Nature builds by 1) use of local, inexpensive, available often recycled materials which 2) are self-ordering or growing by attributes shared between the material and environment, 3) repair themselves, 4) sense and adapt to changes in the environment daily, seasonally, and yearly; 5) easily disintegrate and recycle back into the material sink when their usefulness is at an end; and 6) do not harm the environment, but perhaps enhance it or resolve problems.

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Carolyn M. Dry "Biomimetic rules for design of complex adaptive structures", Proc. SPIE 4512, Complex Adaptive Structures, (23 October 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.446762

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