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Self-healing processes in nature and engineering: self-repairing biomimetic membranes for pneumatic structures
2006
Wit Transactions on Ecology and The Environment
unpublished
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Self-repairing processes in plants sealing fissures caused by natural growth processes (e.g. in the vine Aristolochia macrophylla) or by artificial injuries (e.g. in the common bean Phaseolus vulgaris) serve as concept generators for the development of a biomimetic coating for membranes of pneumatic structures based on the Tensairity ® concept. First results with foam-based biomimetic selfrepairing coatings for technical membranes are very promising. For lesions with nails of up to 5mm
doi:10.2495/dn060101
fatcat:53varwrsifav7pi2xkaudimnre