Bird nest construction - Lessons for building with earth

WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 95-104

  Silva, B ^a   Correia, J ^a   Nunes, F ^a   Tavares, P ^a   Varum, H ^b   Pinto, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biomimetics; Characterization; Earth construction; Finite element analysis; Nest bird; Raw materials

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIRD; BUILDING CONSTRUCTION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GLUCOSE; HISTORIC BUILDING; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MODEL TEST; NEST STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; RESEARCH WORK; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STATE ROLE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

PORTUGAL; VILA REAL [PORTUGAL];

AVES;

EID: 77949697217     PISSN: 17905079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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