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Evolution of Lightweight Structures

Analyses and Technical Applications

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  • © 2015

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Editors:
  1. Christian Hamm

    1. Functional Morphology, Evolution and Lig, Alfred Wegener Institut Helmholtz Zentru, Bremerhave, Germany

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  • Contains basic research, applied research and product development
  • Shows examples of successful technology transfer from natural to technical lightweight structures
  • Useful for biologists and engineers
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Biologically-Inspired Systems (BISY, volume 6)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Protistan Skeletons: A Geologic History of Evolution and Constraint

    • Andrew H. Knoll, Benjamin Kotrc
    Pages 1-16

  3. Morphospaces and Databases: Diatom Diversification through Time

    • Benjamin Kotrc, Andrew H. Knoll
    Pages 17-37

  4. Biomineralization in Diatoms: The Organic Templates

    • H. Ehrlich, A. Witkowski
    Pages 39-58

  5. Mandibular Gnathobases of Marine Planktonic Copepods—Structural and Mechanical Challenges for Diatom Frustules

    • Jan Michels, Stanislav N. Gorb
    Pages 59-73

  6. Diatom Frustule Morphology and its Biomimetic Applications in Architecture and Industrial Design

    • Wiebe H. C. F. Kooistra, Göran Pohl
    Pages 75-102

  7. Fibre Reinforced Building Envelopes Inspired by Nature: Pavilion COCOON_FS

    • Göran Pohl
    Pages 103-121

  8. Biomimetic Engineering of Tailored, Ultra-Lightweight Fibrous Composites

    • Markus Milwich
    Pages 123-140

  9. Echinoderms: Hierarchically Organized Light Weight Skeletons

    • James H. Nebelsick, Janina F. Dynowski, Jan Nils Grossmann, Christian Tötzke
    Pages 141-155

  10. Review: The Functions of Phytoliths in Land Plants

    • Inga C. Keutmann, Björn Melzer, Robin Seidel, Ralf Thomann, Thomas Speck
    Pages 157-169

  11. The Influence of Silica on Bending Elastic Modulus of the Stalks of Two large Grass Species (Poaceae)

    • Inga C. Keutmann, Björn Melzer, Robin Seidel, Ralf Thomann, Thomas Speck
    Pages 171-182

  12. ELiSE—An Integrated, Holistic Bionic Approach to Develop Optimized Lightweight Solutions for Engineering, Architecture and Design

    • Christian Hamm, Sebastian Möller
    Pages 183-194

  13. Offshore Foundation Based on the ELiSE Method

    • christian Hamm, Daniel Siegel, Nils Niebuhr, Piotr Jurkojc, Rene von der Hellen
    Pages 195-206
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This volume contains studies on the evolution and function of lightweight constructions of planktonic and other organisms, and examples of how they can be used to create new solutions for radical innovations of lightweight constructions for technological application. The principles and underlying processes responsible for evolution and biodiversity of marine plankton organisms are highly relevant and largely unresolved issues in the field of marine science. Amongst the most promising objects for the study of evolution of stable lightweight constructions are marine organisms such as diatoms or radiolarians. Research in these fields requires interdisciplinary expertises such as in evolutionary modelling, paleontology, lightweight optimization, functional morphology, and marine ecology. Considerable effort and expert knowledge in production engineering or lightweight optimization is necessary to transfer knowledge on biogenic structures and evolutionary principles into new lightweight solutions. This book show methods and examples of how this can be achieved efficiently.

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  • Functional Morphology, Evolution and Lig, Alfred Wegener Institut Helmholtz Zentru, Bremerhave, Germany

    Christian Hamm

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