Evolution of lightweight structures : analyses and technical applications /: analyses and technical applications. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Christian Hamm, editor.
• Editors: Hamm, Christian
• Contents: Preface -- 1: Protistan Skeletons: A Geologic History of Evolution and Constraint -- 2: Morphospaces and Databases: Diatom Diversification through Time -- 3: Biomineralization in Diatoms: The Organic Templates -- 4: Mandibular Gnathobases of Marine Planktonic Copepods -- Structural and Mechanical Challenges for Diatom Frustules -- 5: Diatom Frustule Morphology and its Biomimetic Applications in Architecture and Industrial Design -- 6: Fiber Reinforced Building Envelopes Inspired by Nature: Pavilion COCOON_FS -- 7: Biomimetic Engineering of Tailored, Ultra-Lightweight Fibrous Composites -- 8: Echinoderms: Hierarchically Organized Light Weight Skeletons -- 9: Research Review: The Functions of Phytoliths in Land Plants -- 10: ELiSE -- An Integrated, Holistic, Bionic Approach to Develop Optimized Lightweight Solutions For Engineering, Architecture, and Design -- 11: Offshore Foundation Based on the ELiSE Method.
• Publisher Details: Dordrecht : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (206 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 624.1/7; 551.4; Lightweight construction; SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography; SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geology; Lightweight construction; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789401793988; 9401793980
• Related ISBNs: 9789401793971; 9401793972
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.