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Constructal Law and the Unifying Principle of Design
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XIII, 328 p. 170 illus., 63 illus. in color. online resource. - Publisher: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
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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. Constructal Design of Vortex Tubes | ||
| 16. Constructal Design of Wave Energy Converters | ||
| 17. Constructal Design of Thermal Systems | ||
| Index.. |
