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Assadi-Langroudi, Arya, O’Kelly, Brendan C., Barreto, Daniel, Cotecchia, Federica, Dicks, Henry, Ekinci, Abdullah, Garcia, Fernando E., Harbottle, Michael, Tagarelli, Vito, Jefferson, Ian, Maghoul, Pooneh, Masoero, Enrico, El Mountassir, Gráinne, Muhunthan, Balasingam, Geng, Xueyu , Ghadr, Soheil, Mirzababaei, Mehdi, Mitrani, Helen and van Paassen, Leon (2022) Recent advances in Nature-Inspired Solutions for Ground Engineering (NiSE). International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering, 8 (1). 3. doi:10.1007/s40891-021-00349-9 ISSN 2199-9260.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40891-021-00349-9
Abstract
The ground is a natural grand system; it is composed of myriad constituents that aggregate to form several geologic and biogenic systems. These systems operate independently and interplay harmoniously via important networked structures over multiple spatial and temporal scales. This paper presents arguments and derivations couched by the authors, to first give a better understanding of these intertwined networked structures, and then to give an insight of why and how these can be imitated to develop a new generation of nature-symbiotic ground engineering techniques. The paper draws on numerous recent advances made by the authors, and others, in imitating forms (e.g. synthetic fibres that imitate plant roots), materials (e.g. living composite materials, or living soil that imitate fungi and microbes), generative processes (e.g. managed decomposition of construction rubble to mimic weathering of aragonites to calcites), and functions (e.g. recreating the self-healing, self-producing, and self-forming capacity of natural systems). Advances are reported in three categories of Materials, Models, and Methods (3Ms). A novel value-based appraisal tool is also presented, providing a means to vet the effectiveness of 3Ms as standalone units or in combinations.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||||
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Subjects: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GB Physical geography T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > Engineering | ||||||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Geotechnical engineering , Geosynthetics , Geomorphology, Soil mechanics | ||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering | ||||||||||||
Publisher: | Springer | ||||||||||||
ISSN: | 2199-9260 | ||||||||||||
Official Date: | February 2022 | ||||||||||||
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Volume: | 8 | ||||||||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||||||||
Article Number: | 3 | ||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1007/s40891-021-00349-9 | ||||||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This version of the article has been accepted for publication, after peer review (when applicable) and is subject to Springer Nature’s AM terms of use, but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections. The Version of Record is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40891-021-00349-9 | ||||||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 11 February 2022 | ||||||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 11 February 2022 | ||||||||||||
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