Publications

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 functional itke knippers masselter morphology optimized plant ramfication seitzjonas simulation speck structure]

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: 2013 ahlquist architecture bending-active element extending formal functional interaction itke knippers lienhard membrane menges structure tensile vocabulary]