Tag: Constructal Theory
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Constructal Theory: 5 Designs Shaping the Future of Sustainable Engineering
photo Jenny Downing@Flickr What Is Constructal Design and Can It Save The World? Take a look at a leaf, like the one above. Notice the elegant branching pattern of the veins. This is a constructal design. If you were to look at a river from an airplane,
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Why Does A River Look Like A Tree?
This quick video comes from Adrian Bejan, the J. A. Jones Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Duke University. He is something of a scientific renegade who uses thermodynamics theory to combine the fields of engineering, biology, and design.
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Go with the Flow: Where Natural Science and Socal Science Collide
Have you ever noticed the similarity between the structure of a leaf, and the streets of Rome (pictured above)? No? How about diagrams of the internet and a subway system? Do you get out much?
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Beetle Biomimicry: A New MacBook Coating?
One of the many exciting areas of biomimicry is materials science. Plants and animals have evolved materials that astound us with their complex engineering on the molecular level. Take for instance the Cyphochilus beetle. Dr. Pete Vukusic, of the
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Constructal Theory: The Science
Scientific thought is too often dominated by the reductionist point of view - I suppose it is the nature of the beast. In order to become established, modern scientists must spend a good portion of their lives studying some increasingly small
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Constructal Theory: Sustainability
Sustainability has become a key concept to solving global resource and environmental issues. Several concepts have emerged in the past few decades that appear to provide a path towards a sustainable future. Biomimicry inspires and provides a way for
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Constructal Theory: Introduction to the Inverse of Biomimicry
A new theory, and possibly a new law of physics, Constructal theory can be understood as the inverse of biomimicry. Instead of looking to nature or biology to guide design, constructal theory starts from the understanding of the simple constructal law
