Publications

Julian Lienhard, Sean Ahlquist, Jan Knippers, and Achim Menges. Extending the Functional and Formal vocabulary of tensile membrane structures through the interaction with bending-active elements. TensiNet symposium [RE]THINKING lightweight structures, Istanbul, Turkey, 2013. [PUMA: bending-active membrane functional 2013 knippers structure vocabulary extending formal ahlquist itke lienhard from:petraheim element interaction tensile menges architecture]

Katharina Bunk, J. M. Seitz, Florian Jonas, Jan Knippers, Thomas Speck, and Tom Masselter. How can branched building structures be optimized via analyzing plant branchings? Functional morphology, biomechanics and Finite Element (FE) simulation of Araliaceae ramifications. In Kesel, and Zehren (Eds.), Bionik: Patente aus der Natur. Tagungsbeiträge 8. Bionik-Kongress Bremen, 40-48, Bremen, Germany, 2017. [PUMA: 2017 Araliaceae analyzing biomechanics biomimetic branched branching building bunk element fe finite from:petraheim functional itke jonas knippers masselter morphology optimized plant ramfication seitz simulation speck structure]