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Mining smartness from nature : proceedings of symposium E "Mining smartness from nature" of CIMTEC 2008-3rd International Conference "Smart Materials, Structures and Systems", held in Acireale, Sicily, Italy, June 8-13 2008 /

The 37 peer-reviewed papers making up this collection together present a wealth of up-to-date information on, ""Mining Smartness from Nature"". The papers are grouped into the following chapters: 1: Algorithms, mechanisms and structures in nature as an inspiration to mimicking; 2...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: International Conference on "Smart Materials, Structures, and Systems"
Otros Autores: Vincenzini, P., 1939-, Graziani, Salvatore
Formato: Electrónico Congresos, conferencias eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stafa-Zuerich, Switzerland ; UK : Trans Tech Publications Ltd, [2008]
Colección:Advances in science and technology (Faenza, Italy) ; 58.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Mining Smartness from Nature; Committees; Preface; Table of Contents; CHAPTER 1: ALGORITHMS, MECHANISMS AND STRUCTURES IN NATURE AS INSPIRATION TO MIMICKING; Spider Silk as an Inspiration for Biomimicking; Approaches to the Construction of the Minimal Cell; Flight Control of an Insect; Investigating the Thrust Production of a Myliobatoid-Inspired Oscillating Wing; Deployable Structures in Plants; A Bat-Wing Aircraft Using the Smart Joint Mechanism; Analysis and Optimization-Based Synthesis of Compliant Mechanisms; CHAPTER 2: BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; Fractals to Model Hierarchical Biomaterials.
  • New Fabrication Process of Nano-Composites by Biomimetic ApproachGecko Inspired Suit Could Have you Climbing the Wall; Effective Impregnation of SiO2 Sol-Gel Solution in Pine Wood and Following Gel Localization in Free Cell Volume; CHAPTER 3: BIO-INSPIRED SENSORS AND ACTUATORS; Bioelectronic Detection Schemes for Biomedical and Environmental Sensing; Towards Biocompatible Sensing Devices: An IPMC Based Artificial Vestibular System; Double Layer Sensor Reproducing Perception Dynamics of Olfactory Cells; Determining the Binaural Signals in Bat Echolocation.
  • Generating Bio-Analogous Recognition of Artificial Materials
  • Sensors and Electronic Noses for OdoursA pH-Activated Biomimetic Actuator Derived from McKibben Artificial Muscle Structure; Mining Smartness from the Hydraulic System of Spiders: A Bioinspired Actuator for Advanced Applications; CHAPTER 4: BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED SYSTEMS AND ROBOTICS; Towards In Vivo Nanomachines; Neuromimetic Robots Inspired by Insect Vision; CPG Control of a Tensegrity Morphing Structure for Biomimetic Applications ; Biorobots, Nonlinear Dynamics and Perception.
  • Anthropomorphic Talking Robot Based on Human Biomechanical StructureCyborg MAVs Using Power Harvesting and Behavioral Control Schemes; Multi-UUVs Team Line Formation Control by a Behaviour-Based Method with Fuzzy Logic Adapters; Fabrication and Evaluation of Biomimetic Jellyfish Robot Using IPMC; The Nano and Micromanipulators Based on Magnetic Bacterium; CHAPTER 5: BIOMIMETIC FLOW CONTROL IN AQUATIC SYSTEMS AND ITS APPLICATION TO BIOINSPIRED AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES; Vortex Method for the Analysis of Complex, Unsteady and Vortical Flows around a Swimming Fish.
  • Understanding the Hydrodynamics of Swimming: From Fish Fins to Flexible Propulsors for Autonomous Underwater VehiclesReverse Engineering of Self-Propelled Anguilliform Swimmers; An Exploration of Passive and Active Flexibility in Biolocomotion through Analysis of Canonical Problems; Modeling the Dynamics of Human Swimming; Geometric Mechanics and Aquatic Locomotion through Vortex Shedding; Vortex Rings in Bio-Inspired and Biological Jet Propulsion; Fluid-Structure Interactions in Pelagic Trawls and Probable Consequences for the Selectivity of the Fishing Gear; Hammerhead
  • A Vision Guided AUV.