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Remarkable Natural Material Surfaces and Their Engineering Potential
Michelle Lee (Ed.)
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Description for Remarkable Natural Material Surfaces and Their Engineering Potential
Hardback. From rice to lotus leaves to dragonfly wings, this book explores a variety of natural surfaces, their scientific characteristics, and their unique engineering potential, demonstrating that engineering applications can be found in unexpected places. Editor(s): Lee, Michelle. Num Pages: 163 pages, 40 black & white illustrations, 58 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PDZ; PSAF; TBN; TGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 424.
This book explores a collection of natural surfaces, their scientific characteristics and their unique engineering potential – demonstrating that engineering applications can be found in unexpected places. The surfaces covered range from botanical ones, like rice and lotus leaves, to insect surfaces, like butterfly and dragonfly wings. The variety of surfaces and numerous engineering potentials described show how biomimicry can be utilized to solve countless real‐world problems.
This book explores a collection of natural surfaces, their scientific characteristics and their unique engineering potential – demonstrating that engineering applications can be found in unexpected places. The surfaces covered range from botanical ones, like rice and lotus leaves, to insect surfaces, like butterfly and dragonfly wings. The variety of surfaces and numerous engineering potentials described show how biomimicry can be utilized to solve countless real‐world problems.
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
428g
Number of Pages
163
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319031248
SKU
V9783319031248
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Michelle Lee (Ed.)
Michelle Lee is at the McCormick School of Engineering of Northwestern University.
Reviews for Remarkable Natural Material Surfaces and Their Engineering Potential
From the book reviews: “This is a fascinating collection of 13 popular science–level, short articles on naturally occurring surfaces, some of their outstanding properties, and possible applications in engineered surfaces. … Each chapter contains a description of the natural surface, the fundamental engineering principles underlying its function, potential engineering applications, and a bibliography. The brief, uniformly presented chapters, with ... Read more