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Bionics by Examples

250 Scenarios from Classical to Modern Times

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Authors:
  1. Werner Nachtigall

    1. Scheidt, Germany

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  2. Alfred Wisser

    1. Natural Sciences and Technology III Dept. 8.3, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany

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  • Gives an exemplary overview over the status of bionics

  • Presents concrete discussion for technical traceability

  • Reports about the newest developments of demands to bionics, till end of 2012

  • Represents a reference work for development-engineers, designers and biologists

  • Is nicely and instructively illustrated

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIX
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  2. “PREHISTORY”

    • Werner Nachtigall, Alfred Wisser
    Pages 1-7

  3. „EARLY HISTORY“

    • Werner Nachtigall, Alfred Wisser
    Pages 9-24

  4. “CLASSICAL PERIOD”

    • Werner Nachtigall, Alfred Wisser
    Pages 25-65

  5. MATERIALS AND STRUCTURES

    • Werner Nachtigall, Alfred Wisser
    Pages 67-85

  6. STYLING AND DESIGN

    • Werner Nachtigall, Alfred Wisser
    Pages 87-95

  7. CONSTRUCTIONS AND EQUIPMENT

    • Werner Nachtigall, Alfred Wisser
    Pages 97-115

  8. BUILDING AND CLIMATIZATION

    • Werner Nachtigall, Alfred Wisser
    Pages 117-133

  9. ROBOTICS AND LOCOMOTION

    • Werner Nachtigall, Alfred Wisser
    Pages 135-153

  10. SENSORS AND NEURONAL CONTROL

    • Werner Nachtigall, Alfred Wisser
    Pages 155-169

  11. ANTHROPO- AND BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

    • Werner Nachtigall, Alfred Wisser
    Pages 171-183

  12. PROCEDURES AND PROCESSES

    • Werner Nachtigall, Alfred Wisser
    Pages 185-219

  13. EVOLUTION AND OPTIMIZATION

    • Werner Nachtigall, Alfred Wisser
    Pages 221-229

  14. SYSTEMICS AND ORGANIZATION

    • Werner Nachtigall, Alfred Wisser
    Pages 231-251

  15. CONCEPTIONS AND DOCUMENTATION

    • Werner Nachtigall, Alfred Wisser
    Pages 253-277

  16. EMPHASES AND EDUCATION

    • Werner Nachtigall, Alfred Wisser
    Pages 279-295

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 297-325
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About this book

Bionics means learning from the nature for the development of technology. The science of "bionics" itself is classified into several sections, from materials and structures over procedures and processes until evolution and optimization. Not all these areas, or only a few, are really known in the public and also in scientific literature. This includes the Lotus-effect, converted to the contamination-reduction of fassades and the shark-shed-effect, converted to the resistance-reduction of airplanes. However, there are hundreds of highly interesting examples that contain the transformation of principles of the nature into technology. From the large number of these examples, 250 were selected for the present book according to "prehistory", "early-history", "classic" and "modern time". Most examples are new. Every example includes a printed page in a homogeneous arrangement. The examples from the field "modern time" are joint in blocks corresponding to the sub-disciplines of bionics.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Scheidt, Germany

    Werner Nachtigall

  • Natural Sciences and Technology III Dept. 8.3, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany

    Alfred Wisser

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Bionics by Examples

  • Book Subtitle: 250 Scenarios from Classical to Modern Times

  • Authors: Werner Nachtigall, Alfred Wisser

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05858-0

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-05857-3Published: 08 October 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-37514-4Published: 23 August 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-05858-0Published: 25 September 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 325

  • Number of Illustrations: 263 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour

  • Additional Information: This book was originally published in German (2013) under the title "Bionik in Beispielen".

  • Topics: Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering, Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics, Classical Mechanics, Systems Biology, Applied and Technical Physics

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