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Project
Design from nature: study of the seahorse skeleton and its possible application in industrial design.
Through milions of years of evolution organisms have finetuned their design to their environment, often yielding elegant solutions to problems similar to engineering ones. Seahorses have a stiff bony skeleton, yet their tail remains extremely flexible. This project will investigate the morphology and biomechanics of the tail skeleton of seahorses (strenght, mobility and prehension) and look for engineering applications.
Date:1 Jan 2009 → 31 Dec 2014
Keywords:skeleton, seahorse, micro-CT, morphology, biomechanics, finite elements, geometry
Disciplines:Mechanics, Earthquake engineering, Construction engineering, Biomechanics, Wind engineering, Design theories and methods, Other mechanical and manufacturing engineering, Geotechnical and environmental engineering, Water engineering