Evolution of Lightweight Structures

1. Front Matter

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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

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.

• Architecture
• Biomimetics
• Lightweight constructions
• Planktonic organisms
• Technology transfer
• marine and freshwater sciences

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

  Christian Hamm

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