Self-healing processes in nature and engineering: Self-repairing biomimetic membranes for pneumatic structures

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 87, Issue , 2006, Pages 105-114

  Speck, T ^a,b   Luchsinger, R ^c   Busch, S ^a   Ruggeberg M ^a   Speck, O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b BIOKON ^*  (Germany)

^c Prospective Concepts ag   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biomimetics; Pneumatic structures; Self healing; Self repairing membranes; Tensairity ; Vines

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC MATERIAL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COATING; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; FOAM; LEGUME; MEMBRANE; REPAIR; VINE;

ARISTOLOCHIA MACROPHYLLA; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS;

EID: 36148989920     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/DN060101     Document Type: Article

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