Biomimicry and biodesign for innovation in future space colonization

Montana-Hoyos, Carlos Alberto; Daneluzzo, Mirko; Tchakerian, Raffi; Patel, Sayjel Vijay; Morais, Renata Lemos

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-821074-1.00012-8

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“…Nevertheless, despite the efforts conducted in this field of research, several challenges exist that hinder a persistent use of biomimetics throughout industries, which are listed in Table 1. The study of biomimetics has only experienced increasing momentum in recent years with more and more publications available over the past decades as presented in Figure 2 (Wanieck et al, 2017;Wanieck, 2022), even though the first ideas and methods have been identified as early as the 1950s in arts and design history (Montana-Hoyos et al, 2022). This phenomenon is attributed to three main limitations:…”

Section: Challenges Of Biomimetic Designmentioning

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Biomimetics for innovative and future-oriented space applications - A review

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Oeffner²

2023

Front. Space Technol.

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Nature benefits from a progressive evolution over millions of years, always adapting and finding individual solutions for common problems. Hence, a pool of diverse and efficient solutions exists that may be transferable to technical systems. Biomimetics or bio-inspiration has been used as a design approach for decades, revolutionizing products and processes throughout various industries. Thus, multiple examples can also be found in the space sector, since many characteristics found in biological organisms are also essential for space systems like response-stimuli adaptability, robustness and lightweight construction, autonomy and intelligence, energy efficiency, and self-repair or healing capabilities. This review focuses on biomimetics within the field of aerospace engineering and summarizes existing bio-inspired concepts such as drilling tools (wood wasp ovipositor drilling), telescopes (lobster eye optics), or gasping features (gecko feet adhesion capabilities) that have already been conceptualized, partially tested, and applied within the space sector. A multitude of biological models are introduced and how they may be applicable within the space environment. In particular, this review highlights potential bio-inspired concepts for dealing with the harsh environment of space as well as challenges encountered during rocket launches, space system operations and space exploration activities. Moreover, it covers well-known and new biomimetic concepts for space debris removal and on-orbit operations such as space-based energy production, servicing and repair, and manufacture and assembly. Afterwards, a summary of the challenges associated with biomimetic design is presented to transparently show the constraints and obstacles of transferring biological concepts to technical systems, which need to be overcome to achieve a successful application of a biomimetic design approach. Overall, the review highlights the benefits of a biomimetic design approach and stresses the advantage of biomimetics for technological development as it oftentimes offers an efficient and functional solution that does not sacrifice a system’s reliability or robustness. Nevertheless, it also underlines the difficulties of the biomimetic design approach and offers some suggestions in how to approach this method.

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Section: Challenges Of Biomimetic Designmentioning

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Biomimetics for innovative and future-oriented space applications - A review

Banken

Oeffner²

2023

Front. Space Technol.

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“…It is really interesting to wonder how nature is making things, what if we can produce buildings out of environment-friendly materials that can vary their properties by responding to exterior factors, changing their façade thickness, temperature, and color, and working hand in hand with air and sun rays? It is A building inspired, informed, and engineered by nature, that can grow by itself forced by nature, or by design [1]. Because of computational design, additive manufacturing, and synthetic biology, we can, in this era, change our way of thinking about the future of machines to the future of biology [2], we have the essential materials to learn more about natural systems in both micro and macro scales, as they are the best options and solutions for the human being, to recreate and imitate them.…”

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Biomimicry Architecture Between Fame and Reality

Kenza

2024

YBL Journal of Built Environment

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As a highly interdisciplinary subject, architecture is influenced by many natural and social science subjects. Although seemingly distant from architecture, biology is currently a scientific field that fits into design practices that have evolved and shifted towards a new hybrid framework. Architecture is a complex negotiated cultural practice that encompasses all aesthetic, technical, economic, and political issues of social production itself. For architects, the integration of academic knowledge and design practice can be a difficult activity to define, but it can be the intellectual fuel that drives innovation and growth in architectural practice. The relationship and connection between architecture and nature have generated many questions, criticisms, and solutions. Today, a new form of design was introduced a few years ago, forcing the modern man to be inspired by decades of natural processes, but whose true potential has only recently been revealed.

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“…Moreover, there are three main terms for bio-inspired design, which are usually not distinguished from each other, and they are Bionics, Biomimetics, and Biomimicry [ 6 ]. Most scholars have agreed that the previously mentioned three terms are similar in terms of learning from nature with a focus on innovation, while noting that biomimicry differs from the remaining two in terms of emulating nature as a measure by focusing on preserving nature and life [ 7 ], therefore addressing the need to understand the functionality of the mimicked forms, not just emulating their structure for visual comfort. Other terminologies that may appear when researching biomimicry include Biomorphism/Biomorphic, Bionic(s), Eco-mimicry/Ecomimesis, and Organic Design, which are all under the umbrella of nature-based or bio-based design.…”

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Applications of Biomimicry in Architecture, Construction and Civil Engineering

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Globally, the construction sector is regarded as one of the major contributors to greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption, freshwater usage, resource utilization, and solid waste generation. With a constantly growing population and increased urbanization, this is only predicted to rise. Thus, achieving sustainable development in the construction sector has become an urgent necessity. The adoption of biomimicry in the construction sector is one of the most innovative concepts towards the shift into sustainable practices in construction. However, it has been noticed that the concept of biomimicry is very broad, relatively new, and abstract. Thus, after reviewing previously conducted research on the subject, a noticeable lack of knowledge on the effective implementation of the biomimicry concept was found to be present. Therefore, this research seeks to fill this knowledge gap whereby it aims to explore the development of the biomimicry concept in the field of architecture, building construction, and civil engineering with a systematic review approach of research related to biomimicry in these three fields. This aim is guided by an objective of developing a clear understanding of the application of the biomimicry concept in architecture, building construction, and civil engineering fields. The timeframe considered for this review is between 2000 and 2022. The qualitative exploratory nature of this research focuses on reviewing databases such as Science Direct, ProQuest, Google Scholar, and MDPI, as well as book chapters, editorials, and official websites to extract relevant information using an eligibility criterion of title and abstract review, inclusion of key terms, and detailed review of chosen articles. This study will improve the understanding of the biomimicry concept and how it can be applied in the built environment.

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Biomimicry and biodesign for innovation in future space colonization

Cited by 5 publications

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Biomimetics for innovative and future-oriented space applications - A review

Biomimetics for innovative and future-oriented space applications - A review

Biomimicry Architecture Between Fame and Reality

Applications of Biomimicry in Architecture, Construction and Civil Engineering

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