Constructal Law and the Unifying Principle of Design. 1st ed. 2013

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edited by Luiz A.O. Rocha, Sylvie Lorente, Adrian Bejan

出版情報:

New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013

著者名:

• Rocha, Luiz A.O.
• Lorente, Sylvie.
• Bejan, Adrian.
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シリーズ名:

Understanding Complex Systems ;

ISBN:

9781461450498 [1461450497]    

注記:

Preface: Constructal law, design in nature, and complexity -- 1. The Constructal Design of Humanity on the Globe -- 2. Towards a Quantitative Unifying Theory of Natural Design of Flow Systems: Emergence and Evolution -- 3. Leaf Shapes and Venation Patterns -- 4. Drainage Basins Evolution with Non-Erodible Regions -- 5. Software Evolution and the Constructal Law -- 6. Constructal Design of High Conductivity Inserts -- 7. Constructal Design of T-shaped Water Distribution Networks -- 8. The Constructal Theory of Electrokinetic Transport through a Porous System -- 9. Constructal Theory Applied to Vascular Countercurrent Networks -- 10. Constructal Design of Animate and Inanimate Systems: an Answer to Consumerism? -- 11. Constructal Design of Rectangular conjugate Cooling Channels -- 12. The Flow of Stresses:  Constructal Design of Perforated Plates Subjected to Tension or Buckling -- 13. Equipartition of Joulean Heat in Thermoelectric Generators -- 14. Constructal Design of Refrigeration Devices -- 15. Constructa
Design happens everywhere, whether in animate objects (e.g., dendritic lung structures, bacterial colonies, and corals), inanimate patterns (river basins, beach slope, and dendritic crystals), social dynamics (pedestrian traffic flows), or engineered systems (heat dissipation in electronic circuitry). This “design in nature” often takes on remarkably similar patterns, which can be explained under one unifying Constructal Law. This book explores the unifying power of the Constructal Law and its applications in all domains of design generation and evolution, ranging from biology and geophysics to globalization, energy, sustainability, and security.  The Constructal Law accounts for the universal tendency of flow systems to morph into evolving configurations that provide greater and easier access over time. The Constructal Law resolves the many and contradictory ad hoc statements of “optimality”, end design, and destiny in nature, such as minimum and maximum entropy production and minimum and maximum flow resist

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