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Bioinspired Breathable Architecture for Water Harvesting

Thuja plicata is a coniferous tree which displays remarkable water channelling properties. In this article, an easily fabricated mesh inspired by the hierarchical macro surface structure of Thuja plicata branchlets is described which emulates this efficient water collection behaviour. The key parame...

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Autores principales: von Spreckelsen, Rowan M., Harris, Matthew T., Wigzell, James M., Fraser, Rebekah C., Carletto, Andrea, Mosquin, Daniel P. K., Justice, Douglas, Badyal, Jas Pal S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4649541/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26577768
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep16798
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description Thuja plicata is a coniferous tree which displays remarkable water channelling properties. In this article, an easily fabricated mesh inspired by the hierarchical macro surface structure of Thuja plicata branchlets is described which emulates this efficient water collection behaviour. The key parameters are shown to be the pore size, pore angle, mesh rotation, tilt angle (branch droop) and layering (branch overlap). Envisaged societal applications include water harvesting and low cost breathable architecture for developing countries.
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spelling pubmed-46495412015-11-23 Bioinspired Breathable Architecture for Water Harvesting von Spreckelsen, Rowan M. Harris, Matthew T. Wigzell, James M. Fraser, Rebekah C. Carletto, Andrea Mosquin, Daniel P. K. Justice, Douglas Badyal, Jas Pal S. Sci Rep Article Thuja plicata is a coniferous tree which displays remarkable water channelling properties. In this article, an easily fabricated mesh inspired by the hierarchical macro surface structure of Thuja plicata branchlets is described which emulates this efficient water collection behaviour. The key parameters are shown to be the pore size, pore angle, mesh rotation, tilt angle (branch droop) and layering (branch overlap). Envisaged societal applications include water harvesting and low cost breathable architecture for developing countries. Nature Publishing Group 2015-11-18 /pmc/articles/PMC4649541/ /pubmed/26577768 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep16798 Text en Copyright © 2015, Macmillan Publishers Limited http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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