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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Bio-Inspiration"”.
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Bio-inspired Design and Information Visualization
Bio-inspired design in recent years has been used successfully as a methodology in disciplines such as engineering, architecture, product design, and business. While still in an infant stage in terms of adoption in universities, those who have embraced the methodology have experienced promising …
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Bio-Inspired Textiles: a poetic approach to raise awareness about air quality at home
… function as domestic probes. This stage utilises bio-inspiration as a way to abstract design principles from the biological model, represented here by the nest behaviour of the female blue tit bird (Cyanistes caeruleus) and apply them to the design of textile samples and artefacts. It evaluates …
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Function Based Archival and Retrieval: Developing a Repository of Biologically Inspired Product Concepts
… product concepts have been developed by using inspiration from the biological world. These bio-inspired concepts offer many advantages in the development of engineered products and devices. However, there exist difficulties in locating promising sources for bio-inspiration. This thesis …
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Laser Surface Texturing To Create Biomimetic Surface Topographies For Marine Antifouling Efficacy Testing
Biofouling is the unwanted colonisation of organisms on a living or artificial surface. Convergent evolution has led to the development of antifouling textures on many marine species. This thesis provides novel investigation into creating biomimetic antifouling surface directly onto marine grade …
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MULTI-SCALE MECHANICS OF COMPOSITE SANDWICH STRUCTURES WITH BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED FIBER REINFORCED FOAM CORES: A POTENTIAL TEMPLATE FOR DEVELOPING MULTIFUNCTIONAL STRUCTURES
… and modeling approach for developing bio-inspired composite sandwich structures. The source of bio-inspiration was chosen to be Palmetto wood, a naturally occurring porous composite material with macrofiber reinforcement. Characterization of Palmetto Wood at multiple length scales …
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Programmable adhesion in dry and wet environments through geometric design
… strong yet easy release adhesives through art-inspiration (Kirigami) and bio-inspiration (Cephalopod). Chapter 2 explores the mechanical aspects of adhesive peeling. We compare experimental data with theoretical models to discuss the effect of energy dissipation, particularly through the …
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Millipede-Inspired Locomotion for Rumen Monitoring through Remotely Operated Vehicle
… monitoring to improve our understanding of microbiology, and real-time physical changes and correlations with health. This interest is being driven from the desire to improve the safety and efficiency of food production by improving precision animal agriculture, which involves understanding the …
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Biomimetic sonar design and the investigation of the role of peripheral dynamics for target classification in bat biosonar
The biosonar system of bats has many unique adaptations which allow for navigation in extremely cluttered environments. One such adaptation is the rapid motion of the pinna and noseleaf observed in certain families of old-world bats (Rhinolophidae and Hipposiderae). Little is known about the …
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The Influence of Yaw and Coning on Small Bio-Inspired Wind Turbines
This thesis is inspired by the coning mechanism of samaras. The study consists of wind tunnel measurements of low aspect ratio horizontal-axis wind turbine models. The tested coning angles (β) ranged from 5◦ to 25◦, and power and tip-speed ratio were measured at Reynolds numbers Re_D = [0.46 ×10^5, …
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Fluid dynamics of biological and mechanical olfaction
The sense of smell is critical to a number of animals, from moths all the way to the largest mammal on land, the elephant. Despite these animals ranging across eight orders of magnitude in body mass, there are commonalities in their methods for bringing odor molecules to their sensors. …
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Urban Building Networks' Thermal-Energy Dynamics: Exploring, Mitigating, and Optimizing Inter-Building Effects
… and empirical analyses. My research also draws inspiration for investigating solutions to complex engineering problems from nature, as I seek to understand synergies between building and biological systems to discover innovative connections and integrate biology to transform buildings through …
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Multiscale Structures and Mechanics of Biomineralized Lattices in Hexactinellid sponges and Echinoderms
Biomineralized lattice materials with have high mineral contents (~ 99 wt%), usually "conceal" multiscale structural arrangements for unique mechanical or functional performance, such as the remarkable damage tolerance despite of the brittle nature of the constituents (e.g., biogenic silica and …
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Modeling of Bio-inspired Jellyfish Vehicle for Energy Efficient Propulsion
… onto artificial jellyfish vehicle designed using Bio-inspired Shape Memory Alloy Composite (BISMAC) actuators. Detailed structural modeling was conducted to demonstrate deformation similar to that of jellyfish bell. FEM model incorporated hyperelastic behavior of artificial mesoglea (Ecoflex-0010 …
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La Conciencia: Modelado de sus funciones cognitivas para entidades artificiales mediante redes neuronales modulares
… Otra área vinculada a la conciencia es la Neurobiología, en la cual se ha dedicado considerable esfuerzo en el análisis de los tejidos nerviosos en busca de un correlato neuronal para la conciencia. Más recientemente, la llamada ciencia cognitiva se ha agregado a las áreas que estudian la …
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Design and Analysis of Biomimetic Medusa Robots
… These natural organisms were chosen as bio-inspiration for a multitude of reasons including: efficiency, good room for payload, and a wide range of sizes and morphology. Shape memory alloy (SMA) actuators were selected as the primary source of actuation for the propulsion of the …