The constructal law and the evolution of design in nature

A Bejan, S Lorente - Physics of life Reviews, 2011 - Elsevier
The constructal law accounts for the universal phenomenon of generation and evolution of
design (configuration, shape, structure, pattern, rhythm). This phenomenon is observed …

Constructal theory: from engineering to physics, and how flow systems develop shape and structure

AH Reis - 2006 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Constructal theory and its applications to various fields ranging from engineering to natural
living and inanimate systems, and to social organization and economics, are reviewed in …

[图书][B] Bio-inspired artificial intelligence: theories, methods, and technologies

D Floreano, C Mattiussi - 2008 - books.google.com
A comprehensive introduction to new approaches in artificial intelligence and robotics that
are inspired by self-organizing biological processes and structures. New approaches to …

[图书][B] Porous and complex flow structures in modern technologies

A Bejan - 2004 - books.google.com
Porous and Complex Flow Structures in Modern Technologies represents a new approach
to the field, considering the fundamentals of porous media in terms of the key roles played …

Constructal theory of generation of configuration in nature and engineering

A Bejan, S Lorente - Journal of applied physics, 2006 - pubs.aip.org
Constructal theory is the view that the generation of flow configuration is a physics
phenomenon that can be based on a physics principle (the constructal law):“For a finite-size …

Progress in study on constructal theory and its applications

LG Chen - Science China Technological Sciences, 2012 - Springer
The emergence and development of constructal theory, which has been a new discipline
branch to research sorts of structures in nature and engineering, are reviewed. The core of …

[图书][B] Design in Nature: How the Constructal Law governs evolution in biology, physics, technology, and social organizations

A Bejan, JP Zane - 2013 - books.google.com
In this groundbreaking book, Adrian Bejan takes the recurring patterns in nature—trees,
tributaries, air passages, neural networks, and lightning bolts—and reveals how a single …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution in thermodynamics

A Bejan - Applied Physics Reviews, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
This review covers two aspects of “evolution” in thermodynamics. First, with the constructal
law, thermodynamics is becoming the domain of physics that accounts for the phenomenon …

Heat conduction in fractal tree-like branched networks

P Xu, B Yu, M Yun, M Zou - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2006 - Elsevier
The geometric structures and fractal dimensions of fractal tree-like branched networks have
the significant influence on the efficiency of physiological, communication and transport …

The principle underlying all evolution, biological, geophysical, social and technological

A Bejan - … Transactions of the Royal Society A, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
This article addresses the main research areas identified in the call for contributions to this
special issue. With examples from published articles and books, the present article shows …