The constructal law and the design of the Biosphere: Nature and globalization

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Bejan, Adrian ^a   Lorente, Sylvie ^b  

^a USA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

biosphere; cognition; constructal law; evolution; globalization; hierarchy; locomotion; vegetation; vision

Indexed keywords

BIOSPHERE; COGNITION; CONSTRUCTAL LAW; EVOLUTION; GLOBALIZATION; HIERARCHY; LOCOMOTION;

ANIMALS; BIOSPHERICS; FRICTION MATERIALS; POROUS MATERIALS; STRESSES; VEGETATION;

DESIGN;

EID: 78650060728     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4002223     Document Type: Article

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