Plant movements as concept generators for deployable systems in architecture

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 138, Issue , 2010, Pages 403-409

  Poppinga, S ^a,c,d   Masselter, T ^a,c,d   Lienhard, J ^b,c,d   Schleicher, S ^b,c,d   Knippers, J ^b,c,d   Speck, T ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c Competence Network Biomimetics ^*  (Germany)

^d Bionics Competence Network (BIOKON)   (Germany)

Author keywords

architecture; biomimetics; deployable structures; elastic deformation; plant movements; pliable structures

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; MIMICRY; MOVEMENT; PLANT;

CAESALPINIA GILLIESII; STRELITZIA REGINAE;

EID: 78449280771     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/DN100351     Document Type: Article

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