Biologically inspired design

LH Shu, K Ueda, I Chiu, H Cheong - CIRP annals, 2011 - Elsevier
This paper reviews research on biologically inspired design, and has three main parts. The
first part surveys examples relevant to three grou**s of manufacturing research. The …

Structure and mechanical properties of beetle wings: a review

J Sun, B Bhushan - Rsc Advances, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Insects of extremely small size have evolved to solve many problems. Their structure and
mechanical properties information can be utilized to mimic them for industrial applications …

Optimization design and performance study of a subsoiler underlying the tea garden subsoiling mechanism based on bionics and EDEM

L Zhang, Y Zhai, J Chen, Z Zhang, S Huang - Soil and Tillage Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Considering the problems of high tillage resistance, high energy consumption, and failure to
break the plow pan in subsoiling caused by the high viscosity of tea garden soil, a new …

Increasing the width of disturbance of plough pan with bionic inspired subsoilers

W Song, X Jiang, L Li, L Ren, J Tong - Soil and Tillage Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Subsoiling technology is an important method in conservation tillage. The effect that the
plough pan was broken by bionic subsoiler was successfully simulated by EDEM in this …

[HTML][HTML] DEM simulation of bionic subsoilers (tillage depth> 40 cm) with drag reduction and lower soil disturbance characteristics

J Sun, Y Wang, Y Ma, J Tong, Z Zhang - Advances in Engineering Software, 2018 - Elsevier
Successive years of mechanical operations and conservation tillage in Northeast China
have made subsoiling necessary, and the tillage depth can be no less than 40 cm. In this …

Modeling of soil–claw interaction using the discrete element method (DEM)

B Li, Y Chen, J Chen - Soil and Tillage Research, 2016 - Elsevier
Bionics can be applied in the area of designing soil engaging tools in agriculture to minimize
power requirement and optimize soil conditions for crop growth. In this study, a bear claw …

Experimental investigations on drag-reduction characteristics of bionic surface with water-trap** microstructures of fish scales

L Wu, Z Jiao, Y Song, C Liu, H Wang, Y Yan - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Biological surfaces with unique wettability in nature have provided an enormous innovation
for scientists and engineers. More specifically, materials possessing various wetting …

Study on plowing performance of EDEM low-resistance animal bionic device based on red soil

J Sun, H Chen, Z Wang, Z Ou, Z Yang, J Duan - Soil and Tillage …, 2020 - Elsevier
The anti-drag and anti-friction performance of low-resistance animal in soil have always
been the focus of study on soil-plowing devices. In this paper, a new soil plowing device is …

DEM and soil bin study on a biomimetic disc furrow opener

Y Wang, W Xue, Y Ma, J Tong, X Liu, J Sun - Computers and Electronics in …, 2019 - Elsevier
To reduce the resistance and energy consumption of disc furrow openers, biomimetic
coupling disc furrow openers (BCDFOs) that were inspired by digging animals (eg, the …

Bionic design and optimization of cutting tools: Applications and processability

S Huang, S Liu, D Wang, A Takao, S Wu, C Li… - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2024 - Elsevier
Cutting is a fundamental machining method extensively utilized across various fields,
including mechanical engineering, agriculture, forestry, biomedical instrumentation, mineral …