Biomimetics: Determining engineering opportunities from nature

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7401, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Fish, Frank E ^a  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomimetics; Evolution; Flow control; Propulsion; Tubercles

Indexed keywords

ADVANCING TECHNOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL ORGANISMS; ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES; EVOLUTION; EXISTING PROBLEMS; HIGH EFFICIENCY; LEADING EDGE; MARINE ANIMALS; MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY; NEW DIRECTIONS; POTENTIAL UTILITY; TUBERCLES;

ANIMALS; FLOW CONTROL; HEALTH RISKS; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); PROPULSION;

BIOMIMETICS;

EID: 70350153157     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.824106     Document Type: Conference Paper

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