Developing Biomimetic Design Principles for the Highly Optimized and Robust Design of Products and Their Components

Engineering design methods focus on developing products that are innovative, robust, and multi-functional. In this context, the term robust refers to a product's ability to accomplish successfully its predetermined functions. Owing to the abundance of optimized and robust biological systems, en...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wadia, Anosh Porus
Other Authors: McAdams, Daniel A.
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-08-9832