Parametric shape modification and application in a morphological biomimetic design. Issue 1 (January 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kim, Sun-Joong; Lee, Ji-Hyun
• Is Part Of: Advanced engineering informatics. Volume 29:Issue 1(2015:Jan.)
• Page Start: 76
• Page End: 86
• Publication Date: 2015-01
• Subjects: Computer-aided engineering -- Periodicals; Engineering -- Data processing -- Periodicals; 620.00285
• DOI: 10.1016/j.aei.2014.09.006
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1474-0346

Abstract

<abstract xml:lang="en" abstract-type="author" id="ab005"> <title id="st140">Abstract</title> <sec> <p id="sp0005">Biomimetic design performed to develop a solution-shape has been offered as a successful approach for overcoming the limitations of typical design methods. Especially for the nose-shape of high-speed trains, the morphological characteristics of a superior bio-model were used in the design process. However, current design methods using the biomimetic approach, particularly in the morphological domain, do not support a technique to evaluate how close the new solution is to the optimal one; nor do they support alternative methodologies used to validate and verify the solution-shape being developed. Solution optimization in a biomimetic design means not only preserving the original shape of a bio-model but also validating and verifying it. Shape optimization for a design problem should accompany shape evaluation and modification conducted according to criteria involving both evolutionary traits and technological constraints. In this research we suggest a method to verify the original shape, and to validate the solution, using theoretical backgrounds from both systematic biology and evolutionary biology. In this paper, the morphological characteristics of a bio-model are verified and modified using a quantitative method. To validate the solution developed, new criteria are applied for high-speed-train design.</p> </sec> </abstract>