Inhaltsangabe
Preface: Constructal law, design in nature, and complexity
Chapter 1. The Constructal Design of Humanity on the Globe, A. Bejan and S. Lorente
Chapter 2. Towards a Quantitative Unifying Theory of Natural Design of Flow Systems: Emergence and Evolution, A. F. Miguel
Chapter 3. Leaf Shapes and Venation Patterns, A. H. Reis
Chapter 4. Drainage Basins Evolution with Non-Erodible Regions, M. R. Errera and C. A. Marin
Chapter 5. Software Evolution and the Constructal Law, S. Perin
Chapter 6. Constructal Design of High Conductivity Inserts, J. A. Souza and J. C. Ordonez
Chapter 7. Constructal Design of T-shaped Water Distribution Networks, P. Bieupoude, Y. Azoumach and P. Neveu
Chapter 8. The Constructal Theory of Electrokinetic Transport through a Porous System, S. Lorente
Chapter 9. Constructal Theory Applied to Vascular Countercurrent Networks, Weizhong Dai
Chapter 10. Constructal Design of Animate and Inanimate Systems: an Answer to Consumerism? J. V. C. Vargas
Chapter 11. Constructal Design of Rectangular conjugate Cooling Channels, T. Bello- Ochende, O. T. Olakoyejo, and J. P. Meyer
Chapter 12. The Flow of Stresses: Constructal Design of Perforated Plates Subjected to Tension or Buckling, L. A. Isoldi, M. V. Real, A. L. G. Correia, J. Vaz, E. D. dos Santos and L. A. O. Rocha
Chapter 13. Equipartition of Joulean Heat in Thermoelectric Generators, A. K. Pramanick
Chapter 14. Constructal Design of Refrigeration Devices, H. Zhang, X. Liu, R. Xiong and S. Zhu
Chapter 15. Constructal Design of Vortex Tubes, E. D. dos Santos, C. H. Marques, G. Stanescu, L. A. Isoldi and L. A. O. Rocha
Chapter 16. Constructal Design of Wave Energy Converters, E. D. dos Santos, B. N. Machado, N. Lopes, J. A. Souza, P. R. F. Teixeira, M. N. Gomes, L. A. Isoldi and L. A. O. Rocha
Chapter 17. Constructal Design of Thermal Systems, L. A. O. Rocha, E. D. dos Santos, D. C. Cunha, F. L. Garcia, G. Lorenzini, C. Biserni, M. Letzow, J. A. V. Costa, J. A. Souza and L. A. Isoldi
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