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Plants and Animals as Concept Generators for the Development
of Biomimetic Cable Entry Systems

Tom Masselter1; Uwe Scharf2; Thomas Speck1   

  1. 1. Plant Biomechanics Group, Botanic Garden of the University Freiburg, Faculty of Biology, Freiburg D-79104, Germany
    2. Rittal GmbH & Co. KG, Auf dem Stützelberg, Herborn D-35745, Germany
  • Received:2007-09-12 Revised:2008-04-30 Online:2008-06-30 Published:2008-04-30
  • Contact: Tom Masselter

Abstract:

Many animals and plants have high potential to serve as concept generators for developing biomimetic materials and structures. We present some ideas based on structural and functional properties of plants and animals that led to the development of two types of biomimetic cable entry systems. Those systems have been realized on the level of functional demonstrators.

Key words: bionics, biomimetics, cable entry, stents, folding structures