Project 5

NATURE & FORM

There are so many things around us that can provide is inspiration. And out of all those natures is one of the first from which has inspired and came up with a fantastic idea. Nature is a very complex place where we can see countless number of designs. We have to just observe the nature around us to find solution for our design needs.

Many design features are dervied from the nature from biomimicry solving the problems in the realworld.By examining the nature from various perspective,it is systems.processes ,models or elements and emulaing what hapens there in order to solve a pratical human problem.In three ways we can biomimicry from nature one is copying form and shape.

This is biomimicry, the strategic practice of drawing inspiration from nature’s designs and adapting them into our world to solve human problems. This concept was first termed ‘biomimetics’ by American biophysicist and engineer Otto Herbert Schmitt in the 1950s, but was later popularized as ‘biomimicry’ by biologist Janine Benyus in her book, Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature.

Biomimicry is a study that learns from and mimics the strategies found in nature to resolve human design challenges and find strength along the way. Biomimicry gives an empathetic, interconnected understanding of how life works and ultimately where we fit it. It is a method that learns from mimics the strategies used by species alive today. The goal is to create products, processes, that solve our greatest design challenges sustainably and in solidarity with all life on earth.

Some Biomimicry examples inspired from nature are given below:

The traditional method of helping an aircraft cut through the air is to make every surface as smooth as possible, and the study of sharks suggests that there is even more to be done. Sharks are famed for their speed through the water, but rather than being smooth, sharkskin is covered in small, tooth-like riblets. These test surfaces have helped to demonstrate that the sharkskin concept is highly suitable for long-range aircraft, since its drag-reducing surface is particularly effective during high-speed cruise flight.The albatross is also of interest to Airbus engineers: these seafaring birds can cover hundreds of kilometres with hardly a flap of their wings.

Hummingbirds have also served as design inspiration for their ability to fly forward, backward, or even be perfectly stationary mid-flight, unlike other birds. These manoeuvres, along with the flight manoeuvres of dragonflies, have inspired helicopters, drones, and wind turbine technologies.

We also see biomimetic designs as structures in architecture. Like engineers, architects must also solve several problems creatively in architecture, and nature-inspired models can help. Architectural designs have long taken inspiration from nature in both their external features and their internal functioning and maintenance.

Another exapmple is the creation of Bullet train inspired from the Kingfisher Bird

By reasearch, the bullet train design was inspired by the kingfisher’s narrow bill that made less noise when exiting tunnels and used less energy thanks to its aerodynamic form.