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Biological System Behaviours and Natural-inspired Methods and Their Applications to Supply Chain Management [PDF]
, 2014 People have learnt from biological system behaviours and structures to design and develop a number of different kinds of optimisation algorithms that have been widely used in both theoretical study and practical applications in engineering and business ...
Fan, Xuemei +3 more
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Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics, 2021 The study of corrugated wings has become acquainted in the field of insect flight in recent times. Recent studies on the aerodynamic effects of a corrugated wing are based on insects like the Dragonfly; whereas the likes of Fruitfly (Drosophila ...
B. Rohit +3 more
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Tunable sensor response by voltage-control in biomimetic hair flow sensors [PDF]
, 2013 We present an overview of improvements in detection limit and responsivity of our biomimetic hair flow sensors by electrostatic spring-softening (ESS). Applying a DC-bias voltage to our capacitive flow sensors improves the responsively by up to 80% for ...
Bruinink, Christiaan M. +3 more
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Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 2020 In the soft-robotics field, bio-inspiration is often cited, pointing to the animal-like forms created—however, the concept of hierarchical architecture common to biological materials has yet to be applied effectively.
A.K. Matsushita +5 more
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Effects of an Unsteady Morphing Wing with Seamless Side-Edge Transition on Aerodynamic Performance
Energies, 2022 This paper presents an unsteady flow analysis of a 3D wing with a morphing trailing edge flap (TEF) and a seamless side-edge transition between the morphed and static parts of a wing by introducing an unsteady parametrization method.
Chawki Abdessemed +2 more
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Drop impact on a flexible fiber [PDF]
, 2015 When droplets impact fibrous media, the liquid can be captured by the fibers or contact then break away. Previous studies have shown that the efficiency of drop capture by a rigid fiber depends on the impact velocity and defined a threshold velocity ...
Boulogne, François +3 more
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Bio‐inspired functional coacervates
Aggregate, 2022 Abstract Many functional coacervates have been identified in biological systems, which have attracted widespread interest. Coacervation is a liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) process in which a macromolecule‐enriched liquid phase is formed together with a macromolecule‐depleted phase.
Chen, Shujun, Guo, Qi, Yu, Jing
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Rapid inversion: running animals and robots swing like a pendulum under ledges. [PDF]
, 2012 Escaping from predators often demands that animals rapidly negotiate complex environments. The smallest animals attain relatively fast speeds with high frequency leg cycling, wing flapping or body undulations, but absolute speeds are slow compared to ...
Birkmeyer, Paul +6 more
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The Role of Bio-Analogy in Contemporary Architecture [PDF]
Engineering and Technology Journal, 2016 Human's attitude to nature has been changing through history. This was reflected on architecture, associated with each historical period, connected to availability of appropriate technology, where architecture was to protect man, give him a sense of ...
Wijdan Deyaa Abdul Jalil
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Marine inspired textured materials for reduction of biofouling on surfaces [PDF]
, 2019 Biofouling on deployed in-situ sensors without regular removal or cleaning can disrupt sensor data collected. The current replacement antifouling (AF) materials under development are largely unsuited to sensor technologies as they have been developed ...
Barrett, Alan +4 more
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