Remarkable Natural Material Surfaces and Their Engineering Potential Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014 Edition
Author(s): Michelle Lee
Publisher: Springer
Publication Date: 27 Aug. 2016
Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Language: English
Print length: 177 pages
ISBN-10: 3319345702
ISBN-13: 9783319345703
Book Description
From rice to lotus leaves to dragonfly wings, this book explores a variety of natural surfaces, their scientific characteristics, and their unique engineering potential, demonstrating that engineering applications can be found in unexpected places.
Editorial Reviews
Review
From the book reviews:
“This is a fascinating collection of 13 popular science–level, short articles on naturally occurring surfaces, some of their outstanding properties, and possible applications in engineered surfaces. … Each chapter contains a description of the natural surface, the fundamental engineering principles underlying its function, potential engineering applications, and a bibliography. The brief, uniformly presented chapters, with a well-balanced layout of text, images, and basic equations, can be read easily. … Summing Up: Highly recommended. All students and general readers.” (J. Lambropoulos, Choice, Vol. 52 (5), January, 2015)
From the Back Cover
This book explores a collection of natural surfaces, their scientific characteristics, and their unique engineering potential – demonstrating that engineering applications can be found in unexpected places. The surfaces covered range from botanical ones, like rice and lotus leaves, to insect surfaces, like butterfly and dragonfly wings. The variety of surfaces and numerous engineering potentials described show how biomimicry can be utilized to solve countless real-world problems.
About the Author
Michelle Lee is at the McCormick School of Engineering of Northwestern University.
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