Bio-inspired materials / edited by Ulisses Targino Bezerra, Heber Sivini Ferreira, Normando Perazzo Barbosa.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Bezerra, Ulisses Targino, Author.

Contributor:

• Bezerra, Ulisses Targino, editor.
• Ferreira, Heber Sivini, editor.
• Barbosa, Normando Perazzo, editor.

Series:

• Frontiers in Biomaterials, 2468-0168 ; Volume 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Materials--Biotechnology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (247 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Bentham Science Publishers, [2019]

Summary:

Nature has provided opportunities for scientists to observe patterns in biomaterials which can be imitated when designing construction materials. Materials designed with natural elements can be robust and environment friendly at the same time. Advances in our understanding of biology and materials science coupled with the extensive observation of nature have stimulated the search for better accommodation/compression of materials and the higher organization/reduction of mechanical stress in man-made structures. Bio-Inspired Materials is a collection of topics that explore frontiers in 3 sections of bio-inspired design: (i) bionics design, (ii) bio-inspired construction, and (iii) bio-materials. Chapters in each section address the most recent advances in our knowledge about the desired and expected relationship between humans and nature and its use in bio-inspired buildings. Readers will also be introduced to new concepts relevant to bionics, biomimicry, and biomimetics. Section (i) presents research concepts based on information gained from the direct observation of nature and its applications for human living. Section (ii) is devoted to ‘artificial construction’ of the Earth. This section addresses issues on geopolymers, materials that resemble the structure of soils and natural rocks; procedures that reduce damage caused by earthquakes in natural construction, the development of products from vegetable resins and construction principles using bamboo. The last section takes a look into the future towards the improvement of human living conditions. Bio-Inspired Materials offers readers - having a background in architecture, civil engineering and systems biology - a new perspective about sustainable building which is a key part of addressing the environmental concerns of current times.

Contents:

• Cover
• Title
• Biblography
• End User License Agreement
• Contents
• Preface
• List of Contributors
• Bio-Pulse Oscillations Driven Design of Kinetic Structures
• Marios C. Phocas*, Odysseas Kontovourkis and Niki I. Georgiou
• 1. INTRODUCTION
• 2. BIOMIMETIC DESIGN
• 3. KINEMATICS
• 3.1. Soft-mechanical Approach
• 3.2. Simulation Approaches
• 4. BIO-PULSE OSCILLATIONS
• 5. CASE STUDY: HIGH-RISE AIRFLOW SYSTEM
• 5.1. Primary Structure
• 5.2. Secondary Kinetic Mechanism
• 5.2.1. Simulation Analysis
• 6. CONCLUSIONS
• CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• CONFLICT OF INTEREST
• REFERENCES
• Truss Material Reduction Provided by the Golden Ratio
• Ulisses Targino Bezerra*
• 2. PRATT TRUSS MODELS
• 3. PRATT TRUSS ANALYSIS
• CONCLUSIONS
• Complexity and Adaptability in Nature and Society
• George Rzevski*
• 2. WHAT IS COMPLEXITY?
• 3. SEVEN KEY PROPERTIES OF COMPLEXITY
• 3.1. Connectivity
• 3.2. Autonomy
• 3.3. Emergence
• 3.4. Nonequilibrium
• 3.5. Nonlinearity
• 3.6. Self-organization
• 3.7. Co-evolution
• 4. COMPLEXITY SCIENCE
• 4.1. Brief Overview
• Our social, economic and political environments cannot be simplified because their complexity is a result of evolutionary forces, which are not under our control.
• 5. ADAPTABILITY
• 5.1. Coping with Disruptions
• 5.2. Defending from Attacks
• 5.3. Resolving Conflicts
• 5.4. Correcting Drift into Failure and Avoiding Stagnation
• 6. DESIGNING FOR ADAPTABILITY
• 7. TECHNOLOGY FOR DESIGNING COMPLEXITY INTO ORGANIZATIONS, PROCESSES AND PRODUCTS
• 7.1. Architecture
• 7.2. How Multi-Agent Software Works
• 7.3. Organizational and Process Design Cases
• 7.4. Engineering Design Cases
• CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION.
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• Without Inner Walls: A Concept of the Café's House
• Theófilo Barreto Moreira Oliveira1,* and Ulisses Targino Bezerra2
• 2. OW: WITHOUT INNER WALLS
• 3. FLOOR PLAN
• 4. STUDIO
• 5. LIVING ROOM
• 6. KITCHEN AND DINING ROOM
• 7. OFFICE AND BALCONY
• 8. BATHROOM/WC
• 9. LAVATORY
• 10. GUEST ROOM
• 11. SUITE
• 12. ROOFTOP TERRACE
• 13. SERVICE AREA
• 14. THE NULLIFICATION OF OW
• NOTES
• Similarity Between Particle Packing in Concrete and in Nature
• Eng. Piet Stroeven1,* and Eng. Kai Li2
• 2. REALCRETE AND COMPUCRETE
• 3. AGGREGATE PACKING BY DEM
• 3.1. Bulk Packing
• 3.2. Boundary Effects
• 4. PACKING OF FIBERS IN CONCRETE
• 5. DEM PACKING OF BINDER
• DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS
• Current Developments and Future Needs for Natural Earth Construction: A State-of-the-Art Review
• Ana Cecilia Vieira Nóbrega1 and Normando Perazzo Barbosa2*
• 2. AN OVERVIEW OF NATURAL EARTH BUILDING
• 3. SOIL - MATERIALS SELECTION FOR EARTH CONSTRUCTION
• 4. DURABILITY OF EARTHEN CONSTRUCTION
• 5. ACADEMIC AND FIELD RESEARCH IN NATURAL EARTH CONSTRUCTIONS: A STATE-OF-THE-ART REVIEW WITH CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS
• 6. DEVELOPING EARTH CONSTRUCTION BUILDING CODES, STANDARDS, AND NORMS
• 7. WORLD INNOVATIONS IN EARTHEN CONSTRUCTION
• 8. FUTURE NEEDS IN EARTH BUILDING
• FINAL CONSIDERATIONS
• Bio-inspired Design with Bamboo
• Normando Perazzo Barbosa1,*, José Augusto Gomes Neto1, Sandra Reyes Ortiz2 and Khosrow Ghavami3
• 2. GENERALITIES CONCERNING BAMBOO.
• 2.1. Morphology
• 2.1.1. Rhizomes and Roots
• 2.1.2. Culms
• 2.1.3. Branches
• 2.1.4. Leaves
• 2.1.5. Flowers and Fruits
• 3. HOW TO GET CULMS TO CONSTRUCTION
• 3.1. Selection
• 3.2. Cutting
• 3.3. Curing
• 3.4. Drying
• 3.5. Immunization Treatments
• 4. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
• 4.1. Inter-nodal Distance, Outside Diameter, Wall Thickness
• 4.2. Water Absorption
• 4.3. Specific Mass
• 5. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
• 5.1. Compressive Strength
• 5.2. Compressive Strength Parallel to Fibers
• 5.3. Shear Strength Parallel to Fibers
• 5.4. Summary of Mechanical Properties in Tension and Compression Parallel to Fibers
• 6. FUTURE PERSPECTIVES
• 6.1. Impregnation of Bamboo with Polymeric Resins
• Frontiers in Bio-Inspired Mineralization: Addressing Mimesis of Four-Dimensional, Hierarchical, and Nonclassical Growth Characteristics of Biominerals
• Stephan E. Wolf1,2,*, Martina Schüßler1, Corinna F. Böhm1 and Benedikt Demmert1
• 2. TOWARDS DYNAMIC CONTROL OF MINERALIZATION - THE STATIC, QUASI-STATIC, AND DYNAMIC GENESIS OF BIOMINERALS
• 3. HIERARCHICAL MINERALIZATION - CONTROL OF HIERARCHY AND STRUCTURES ACROSS MULTIPLE LENGTH SCALES
• 4. NONCLASSICAL MINERALIZATION - COLLOID-MEDIATED MINERALIZATION PROCESSES AS A SOURCE OF FUNCTIONAL NANO- TO MESO-STRUCTURES
• CONCLUSION
• Sustainable and Safe Construction Biomaterials: Biocements and Biogrouts
• Volodymyr Ivanov* and Viktor Stabnikov
• 2. BIOCEMENT/BIOGROUT FOR CRYSTALLIZATION OF CALCIUM CARBONATE BY HYDROLYSIS OF UREA AT MOLAR RATIO CA: UREA = 0.5 - 2.0 (CAUR BIOCEMENT/BIOGROUT)
• 3. THE DIVERSITY OF BIOCEMENTS AND BIOGROUTS
• 4. MICROORGANISMS FOR BIOCEMENT/BIOGROUT.
• 5. BIOCEMENTATION BIOSAFETY: USE OF ENRICHMENT OR PURE CULTURE
• 6. PRODUCTION OF BIOSAFE BIOCEMENTS
• 7. ACTIVATED SLUDGE FROM MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS USED AS RAW MATERIAL
• 8. DRY AND LIQUID CALCIUM-BASED BIOCEMENT
• 9. UNCONFINED COMPRESSIVE (UC) STRENGTH OF SAND AFTER MICP
• 10. ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS OF BIOCEMENTS
• Interaction Between Natural Fibres and Synthetic Polymers
• Alejandro Manzano-Ramírez1,*, Mario Villalón2 and José Luis Reyes Araiza3
• 2. REINFORCED COMPOSITE MATERIALS WITH NATURAL FIBERS
• 2.1. Natural Fibers
• 2.2. Chemical Treatments to Promote Adherence of Natural Fibers
• 3. TESTING STATIC METHODS
• 3.1. Conclusions of Static Tests
• 4. TESTING-VIBRATION METHODS
• 4.1. Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA)
• 4.2. Design of Dynamic Mechanical Tests
• 4.2.1. Preparation of Treated Short Coir Fibre
• 4.2.2. Composite Materials Fabrication
• 4.2.3. Dynamic Test
• 4.3. Coir Fiber Dynamic Test Results
• Subject Index
• Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

• 9789811406898
• 9811406898

OCLC:

1101786302