Dendritic design as an archetype for growth patterns in nature: Fractal and constructal views

Frontiers in Physics

Volumn 2, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-7

  Miguel, Antonio F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Constructal law; Dendritic network; Fractal; Lungs; River basins; Tree shaped network; Vascular networks

Indexed keywords

WATERSHEDS;

CONSTRUCTAL; CONSTRUCTAL LAW; DENDRITIC NETWORKS; DENDRITICS; FLOW SYSTEMS; GROWTH PATTERNS; LUNG; RIVER BASINS; TREE SHAPED NETWORK; VASCULAR NETWORK;

FRACTALS;

EID: 84948751577     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296424X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphy.2014.00009     Document Type: Article

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