MetaMesh: A hierarchical computational model for design and fabrication of biomimetic armored surfaces

CAD Computer Aided Design

Volumn 60, Issue , 2015, Pages 14-27

  Duro Royo, Jorge ^a   Zolotovsky, Katia ^b   Mogas Soldevila, Laia ^a   Varshney, Swati ^c   Oxman, Neri ^a   Boyce, Mary C ^c   Ortiz, Christine ^c  

^a MIT MEDIA LAB   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Bio inspired design; Biomimetics; Computational design; Functional differentiation; Hierarchical computation; Natural exoskeletons

Indexed keywords

ARMOR; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES;

BIO-INSPIRED DESIGNS; COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; FUNCTION RELATIONSHIPS; GEOMETRICAL FORMS; HIERARCHICAL COMPUTATION; INITIAL DEVELOPMENT; MULTIFUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE;

EXOSKELETON (ROBOTICS);

EID: 84915751419     PISSN: 00104485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cad.2014.05.005     Document Type: Article

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