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dc.title | FORCE AND FORM: NATURE-INSPIRED COLUMNAR, PLANAR, AND FOAM STRUCTURES | |
dc.contributor.author | WU YUMO | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-02-26T18:00:18Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-02-26T18:00:18Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-10-02 | |
dc.identifier.citation | WU YUMO (2017-10-02). FORCE AND FORM: NATURE-INSPIRED COLUMNAR, PLANAR, AND FOAM STRUCTURES. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/139022 | |
dc.description.abstract | Straight lines and solid components were predominant in industrial products, resulting in a relatively low material efficiency in some cases. In nature, where materials have been utilized to their fullest, curvy and porous structures are commonly seen. Since 3D printing technology has largely decreased the difficulty of manufacturing complicated curvy structures, making complicated lightweight structures manufacturable. To find out the mechanical advantages of some features found in natural columnar structures, models were built, tested (with Finite Element Method), and the results were compared and analyzed. From the analysis, we found that, for various reasons, instead of merely evolving to become mechanically rigid, many natural structures were developed to be elastic. In some cases, the morphology of some natural structures may be optimized for biological functionalities instead of mechanical properties. In the last section, the re-designing of a robotic arm module, the proved mechanically strengthening features were applied accordingly to enhance the material efficiency. | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.subject | Natural lightweight structure, lightweight structure, 3D printing, morphological optimisation, bionic design, biomimicry | |
dc.type | Thesis | |
dc.contributor.department | DIVISION OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN | |
dc.contributor.supervisor | Axel Michael Thallemer | |
dc.description.degree | Master's | |
dc.description.degreeconferred | MASTER OF ARTS (RSH-SDE) | |
Appears in Collections: | Master's Theses (Open) |
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