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Efficient configuration in architectural structures based on biomimicry principles in femur bone using hurricane geometry

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Functional configuration includes different fields in physical studies in the field of construction. In many of today’s structures, bodies are produced with a one-dimensional purpose (simply improving structural behavior or architectural performance and even addressing aesthetic considerations, etc.), which limits efficiency. Improvement of efficiency has been answered in a favorable way in nature. Many researches have been done in this regard, but specifically in the field of efficiency improvement with a structural approach based on the structure of the femur bone (one of the main components of the human body), as far as we know no study that is professionally reviewed and published by reliable organization has been done. This project aims to utilize structure-like features of femur bone and biomimicry principles leading to rising efficiency in cantilever structures. This investigation is an expansive applicable and descriptive-analytical simulative project. The data was collected by reviewing existing related materials in books, documentaries, and the internet. It explored the configuration of the femur bone while abstracting the load-resisting elements morphology in the hip area to achieve its finalized build. The unity of the concluded structure and hurricane geometry defined a bionic specimen modeled in the AutoCAD 2022 workspace. Structural loads were applied to conventional and bionic samples to compare their simulative sections in SAP 2000. It concluded that the figure’s designed structures based on the femur bone attribute significantly different compositions, besides obtaining optimum structural behavior. The amount of materials used in the bionic sample accounts for 25% less than the material used in the regular sample.

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Acknowledgements

This study was supported by Tarbiat-modares University. The authors appreciate their kind support. First author is also grateful for the efforts of his respected colleague Mr. Engineer Mohammad Hossein Mohammadi, Senior Earthquake Civil Engineer, who cooperated with him in the structural modeling stages.

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Nouri, A., Zarkesh, A. Efficient configuration in architectural structures based on biomimicry principles in femur bone using hurricane geometry. Innov. Infrastruct. Solut. 9, 53 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41062-023-01348-7

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