Lightweight design of mechanical structures based on structural bionic methodology

Journal of Bionic Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL., 2010, Pages

  Zhao, Ling ^a   Ma, Jianfeng ^b   Wang, Ting ^c   Xing, Denghai ^d  

^a LIAOCHENG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c Liaocheng Boiler and Pressure Vessel Supervision and Inspection Institute   (China)

^d BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Lightweight design; Structural bionics; Structural efficiency; Type spectrum

Indexed keywords

BIONIC MODEL; CONCEPT DESIGNS; DESIGN CONCEPT; EFFECTIVE TOOL; ENVIRONMENT POLLUTION; EXCESSIVE ENERGY; FUNCTION SIMILARITY; FUZZY ASSESSMENTS; LIGHTWEIGHT DESIGN; LOAD REDUCTION; MECHANICAL ENGINEERS; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; MECHANICAL STRUCTURES; NEW SOLUTIONS; NUMERICAL CONTROL MACHINING; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; SIMILARITY THEORY; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; STRUCTURAL BIONIC DESIGN; STRUCTURAL BIONICS; STRUCTURAL EFFICIENCIES; STRUCTURAL SOLUTIONS; TYPE SPECTRUM;

BIONICS; BIOPHYSICS; CONCURRENT ENGINEERING; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INVESTMENT CASTING; INVESTMENTS; JOB ANALYSIS; PRECISION CASTING; RAPID PROTOTYPING; TESTING;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 77957858854     PISSN: 16726529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1672-6529(09)60239-0     Document Type: Article

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