Constructal Law and the Unifying Principle of Design

Abstract

Preface: Constructal law, design in nature, and complexity Chapter 1. The Constructal Design of Humanity on the Globe, A. Bejan and S. Lorente Chapter 2. Towards a Quantitative Unifying Theory of Natural Design of Flow Systems: Emergence and Evolution, A. F. Miguel Chapter 3. Leaf Shapes and Venation Patterns, A. H. Reis Chapter 4. Drainage Basins Evolution with Non-Erodible Regions, M. R. Errera and C. A. Marin Chapter 5. Software Evolution and the Constructal Law, S. Perin Chapter 6. Constructal Design of High Conductivity Inserts, J. A. Souza and J. C. Ordonez Chapter 7. Constructal Design of T-shaped Water Distribution Networks, P. Bieupoude, Y. Azoumach and P. Neveu Chapter 8. The Constructal Theory of Electrokinetic Transport through a Porous System, S. Lorente Chapter 9. Constructal Theory Applied to Vascular Countercurrent Networks, Weizhong Dai Chapter 10. Constructal Design of Animate and Inanimate Systems: an Answer to Consumerism? J. V. C. Vargas Chapter 11. Constructal Design of Rectangular conjugate Cooling Channels, T. Bello- Ochende, O. T. Olakoyejo, and J. P. Meyer Chapter 12. The Flow of Stresses: Constructal Design of Perforated Plates Subjected to Tension or Buckling, L. A. Isoldi, M. V. Real, A. L. G. Correia, J. Vaz, E. D. dos Santos and L. A. O. Rocha Chapter 13. Equipartition of Joulean Heat in Thermoelectric Generators, A. K. Pramanick Chapter 14. Constructal Design of Refrigeration Devices, H. Zhang, X. Liu, R. Xiong and S. Zhu Chapter 15. Constructal Design of Vortex Tubes, E. D. dos Santos, C. H. Marques, G. Stanescu, L. A. Isoldi and L. A. O. Rocha Chapter 16. Constructal Design of Wave Energy Converters, E. D. dos Santos, B. N. Machado, N. Lopes, J. A. Souza, P. R. F. Teixeira, M. N. Gomes, L. A. Isoldi and L. A. O. Rocha Chapter 17. Constructal Design of Thermal Systems, L. A. O. Rocha, E. D. dos Santos, D. C. Cunha, F. L. Garcia, G. Lorenzini, C. Biserni, M. Letzow, J. A. V. Costa, J. A. Souza and L. A. Isoldi Index