| Chapter 1 |
Wood as an engineering material |
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Advantages and disadvantages compared
with other materials; Structure of the material and its effect on strength
in various loading modes; Problems of joining, and how they are overcomes;
Problems of dimensional stability, and how they are overcome; Use in the
form of sheet material; Stiffness of boxes fabricated from orthotropic
sheets such as plywood; Prevention of deterioration; Further reading |
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| Chapter 2 |
Uniform stress - A design rule for biological
load carriers |
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Introduction; Axiom of uniform stress;
Optimisation methods; Conclusions |
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| Chapter 3 |
Nature and shipbuilding |
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The jungle of the sea; Wooden shipbuilding:
the basic problem; Shipbuilding-related wood properties |
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| Chapter 4 |
The structural efficiency of trees |
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Introduction; Loading conditions; Adaptive
growth; Optimal structural features; Optimal material features; Case study
on adaptive growth; Research; Conclusion |
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| Chapter 5 |
Application of the homeostasis principle
to expand Gaudí’s funicular technique |
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Introduction; The funicular model;
The Homeostatic Model; Conclusions; Final reflection |
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| Chapter 6 |
Bones: the need for intrinsic material
and architectural design |
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Introduction; Variations in lamellar
properties within osteons; Variations in bone properties with age and between
individuals; Variations in lamellar properties in remodelled equine bone;
Discussion and Conclusions |
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| Chapter 7 |
Restoration of biological and mechanical
function in orthopaedics: A role for biomimesis in tissue engineering |
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Introduction; Tissue engineering; Tissue
engineering scaffolds; Natural biomaterials and skeletons; Biomimetic materials
chemistry; Gene manipulation in tissue engineering; Conclusion |
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| Chapter 8 |
Design in nature |
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Introduction; Genotypic/predictive
- safe life; Phenotypic/adaptive; Cross-over from prediction to adaptation;
Behavioural; Implications for Biomimesis |