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Design of Autoreaction

A Framework for Kinetic Reaction at Zero Energy

verfasst von: Ph.D. Sandra G.L. Persiani

Verlag: Springer Singapore

Buchreihe : Design Science and Innovation

Enthalten in: Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik" , Springer Professional "Technik" , Springer Professional "Wirtschaft"

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This book provides the readers with a timely guide to the application and integration of interdisciplinary principles from the fields of kinetic design, mechanics, energy and materials engineering in the fields of architecture and engineering design. It explores the potential integration of autoreactive solutions, unpowered kinetic systems triggered by changes in the surrounding latent energy conditions, within man-made artefacts with added functionality and efficiency. Related interdisciplinary parameters are explored discussing morphology, mechanics, energy and materials in detail. Each chapter examines the implications of autoreactivity in one specific field, providing a general overview and listing relevant motion design parameters and identifying for the reader those aspects that have a high potential to open up for new design directions. The book guides readers through a highly multidisciplinary field of design, offering an extraordinary resource of knowledge for professional architects, engineers and designers, as well as for university teachers, researchers and students. Interdisciplinary research is presented throughout the book as a powerful resource that can serve architecture and design, and a learning method to rethink innovative, optimal and sustainable solutions.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Frontmatter

1. Autoreaction

Abstract

The rate of technological advancement mirrors our societies. While we aim for a better future, we often walk in the same paths towards a technological overshoot. This chapter presents a new concept for a purpose-oriented and resource-efficient kinetic technology, autoreactivity. Responsive technologies in the same family are reviewed and compared; hence, autoreactivity is defined and its main principles are discussed as are the limits. The chapter presents the overarching design mindset at the base of the successive chapters of the book.

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2. Morphosis of Autoreaction

Abstract

Change in autoreaction happens through the geometrical metamorphosis of one or more parts within the system. From the selection of the geometrical features of the system, it depends on multiple factors that have consequences on its dynamic and energetic efficiency. The choice of fitting morphological features and their integration with all other mechanical and energetic factors is therefore essential to achieve an optimized design. This chapter describes the frames of reference used to represent geometries and motion, the physical parameters of the morphologies and the morphological dimensions involved in common movements.

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3. Mechanics of Autoreaction

Abstract

Biomechanics is an interesting field of study for designers interested in developing efficient kinetic systems, as it brings together traditional mechanics and the evolutive design process of nature. This chapter is not aimed to be a traditional review of kinetic and mechanic principles, but an abstracted and simplified review of mechanical and biomechanical principles to optimize the design of autoreactive systems. It provides conceptual tools to describe how energy can be transformed into work, and transmitted and amplified through the body structure of animate and inanimate systems. This chapter reports nine motion-related principles in biomechanics, and it defines types of actuation, components achieving agonist and antagonist motion, power amplification and control systems.

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4. Energy of Autoreaction

Abstract

Everything around us can be described as a constant exchange of energy changing from one form to another. In our environment, energy is ever-present under different forms. The unused potential “leftover” energy surrounding our devices and ourselves becomes an interesting design opportunity to achieve kinetic reaction with no energy production: autoreactivity. Understanding the underlying relationships and factors that are part of the synergy is therefore of primary importance to architects and engineers to allow a conscious and clear approach to adaptive design. The chapter analyses potential latent energy sources from radiant, potential and kinetic energy at the base of the autoreactive concept.

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5. Materials of Autoreaction

Abstract

Becoming increasingly widespread, available and cheap, technology is pervading and redefining all domains and fields of human activity. The introduction of new engineered materials and techniques combined with a growing interest for nature-inspired technologies is progressively merging man-made artefacts and biological processes with a high potential for innovation. As the next generation of products is engineered on a microscopic as well as on a design scale, also autoreactive response in artefacts can be controlled by the use of new and redesigned materials. This chapter explores the integration of adaptive materials in artefacts to transform environmental change into physical motion. Adaptive materials and components are classified and discussed within the three defined categories of energy sources: radiant, potential and kinetic energy.

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6. Design of Autoreaction, Case Studies

Abstract

Automated homeostasis and the integration of transient features have increasingly become sought-after aspects in artefacts and products. This chapter explores the autoreactive potential in 27 projects where the kinetic responsivity of the system has been among the main focuses in the development of their design. These projects display the current state of development of autoreactive systems in the fields of art, design and architecture.

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Titel: Design of Autoreaction
verfasst von: Ph.D. Sandra G.L. Persiani
Verlag: Springer Singapore
Electronic ISBN: 978-981-15-6178-8
Print ISBN: 978-981-15-6177-1
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6178-8

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