http://www.constructal.org/ Constructal Theory News News en © Copyright 2004-2011 Constructal Theory Web Portal Sun, 08 Jan 06:00:00 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 1 info@constructal.org webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/img/logo.PNG 32 32 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ Tree-shaped fluid flow and heat storage in a conducting solid by L. Combelles, S. Lorente, R. Anderson, and A. Bejan, 1 January 2012, Volume 111 Number 1 Sun, 21 Jan 06:00:00 GMT 201201002 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ Nature, 05 Jan. 2012, Vol. 481, p 27. The Agony Column: First Law of Flow - Adrian Bejan and J. Pedar Zane Reveal Design in Nature. Sun, 08 Jan 15:00:00 GMT 201201001 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ Professors Bejan and Lorente discovered that the main features of citations history (S-shaped curve, increasing h index, decreasing m quotient) are predictable with the constructal law of how an idea flows over a populated territory. An idea flows in two ways: fast and long, along established channels of researchers interested in the idea, and slow and short, sideways from channels, by "diffusion" to new users. The first regime accounts for the rising portion of the S curve, and the second for the slow-down. The complexity of the design of fast channels increases in time due to the evolution of communications technologies. Wed, 07 Dec 17:00:00 GMT 201112001 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ Article, 9 commentaries, and authors' reply to commentaries. Sun, 13 Nov 06:00:00 GMT 201111001 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ Engineering science consists of these few principles on which nature is founded - the laws of mechanics, thermodynamics, and design. Mon, 10 Oct 18:00:00 GMT 201110001 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ by Adrian Bejan and Sylvie Lorente, Journal of Applied Physics. Thu, 21 July 05:00:00 GMT 201107002 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ Nature anticipated mankind in the development of one of civilization’s fundamental machines. Sun, 03 July 18:00:00 GMT 201107001 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ Amazon.com announces the new book: Design in Nature: How the Constructal Law Governs Evolution in Biology, Physics, Technology and Social Organization, Random House, January 2012. Wed, 11 May 20:00:00 GMT 201105001 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ 1-2 December 2011, Porto Alegre, Brazil. The constructal law covers all the phenomena of design and evolution in nature. The conference will explore the unifying power of the constructal law in all its domains, from biology and geophysics to globalization, energy sustainability and security. The conference will also address the place of the constructal law in physics and thermodynamics. Contact: Prof. Luiz A. O. Rocha, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS, luizrocha@mecanica.ufrgs.br Sat, 09 Apr 06:00:00 GMT 201104001 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ International Journal of Design and Nature and Ecodynamics, Vol. 6, 2011. This article shows that sports evolution empowers us to witness evolutionary biology in our time frame, in a way that everybody can see, understand and discuss. Wed, 02 Mar 01:00:00 GMT 201103001 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ The constructal law accounts for the design of the biosphere: the global movement of mass, as the action of constructal engines - geophysical, animal, human made - that dissipate their power into brakes - interactions with the environment. The resulting designs are global: vegetation, animal locomotion, vision, cognition, hierarchy, science and technology evolution, economic activity - GNP - and the production and distribution of useful energy. Thu, 16 Dec 06:00:00 GMT 201012002 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ Design and evolution as physics - animate plus inanimate, The flow of animal mass - flying, running and swimming, The flow of people and goods, The golden ratio - vision, cognition, guided locomotion, Witnessing evolution - sports, speed. Thu, 2 Dec 06:00:00 GMT 201012001 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ Gaudí’s masterpiece, by Jeremy Berlin, National Geographic, December 2010, The Big Idea: Biomimetic Architecture Sat, 20 Nov 12:00:00 GMT 201011003 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ In this post, Max Borders discusses current internet river basins and channels in light of the constuctal law. Thu, 04 Aug 5:00:00 GMT 201011002 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ The PhD thesis of Achintya Kumar Pramanick, strongly rooted in Constructal Theory, presents an analytical treatment of some gradually evolving coherent problems of thermodynamic optimization with engineering importance to propose some physical theories. Thu, 04 Aug 5:00:00 GMT 201011001 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ Rick Pantaleo, the host of Our World on the Voice of America, discusses with Adrian Bejan the constructal law of design and evolution in nature, the phenomenon of sports evolution, and why the fastest sprinters and swimmers come from two different geographical origins. Sat, 02 Aug 18:00:00 GMT 201010002 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ This paper shows how the constructal law predicts the emergence of hierarchy, as a natural design of the movement of mass on earth: animals, vehicles, rivers, etc. Sat, 02 Aug 18:00:00 GMT 201010001 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ Adrian Bejan talks with host Frank Stasio about his education, his work in thermodynamics and design and nature, and who really invented the wheel. Sun, 29 Aug 20:00:00 GMT 201008001 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ ADRIAN BEJAN, EDWARD C. JONES and JORDAN D. CHARLES, THE EVOLUTION OF SPEED IN ATHLETICS: WHY THE FASTEST RUNNERS ARE BLACK AND SWIMMERS WHITE, International Journal of Design and Nature and Ecodynamics, Vol. 5, No. 3, 2010, pp. 199 - 211 Sat, 10 July 18:00:00 GMT 201007001 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ A new publication from Adrian Bejan, in American Journal of Physics, Vol. 78, No. 7, July 2010,pp. 692-699 Mon, 14 Jun 19:30:00 GMT 201006002 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ Two hierarchies in science : the free flow of ideas and the academy. International Journal of Design and Nature and Ecodynamics 2009, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 386-394 Mon, 14 Jun 19:30:00 GMT 201006001 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ Theory and applications in energetics, chemical engineering and material. Diogo Queiros-Conde and Michel Feidt. This book presents the proceedings of the Constructal-day conference held in Paris on June 11, 2009. Mon, 10 May, 19:30:00 GMT 201005001 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ The article Constructal Microchannel Network for Flow Boiling in a Disc-Shaped Body from X. Daguenet-Frick, J. Bonjour, and R. Revellin discusses the constructal analysis of tree-shaped microchannels for flow boiling in a disc-shaped body to achieve an energy efficient design for chip cooling. Thu, 22 Apr 2010 18:00:00 GMT 201004002 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ This essay shows the place of the Constructal Law in the physics of design and how the Constructal Law unifies all the numerous ad hoc statements of optimality proposed by others. With the Constructal Law we discover that it is Flow, not Growth, that leads to Form Sun, 11 Apr 2010 19:00:00 GMT 201004001 webmaster@constructal.org http://constructal.org/mobile/ Follow Constructal.org on your iPhone: Open this link with the browser Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:00:00 GMT 201003001 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/en/mp3/Bejan_newscast_2.mp3 Brief interview of Adrian BEJAN about the Golden Ratio, in MP3 format. Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:00:00 GMT 201001001 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ Vision, Cognition and Animal Movement are One Design in Nature, and it is predicted from the constructal law. Thu,17 Dec. 2009 19:00:00 GMT 200912016 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ In this video, Adrian Bejan explains the pivotal role played by design (drawings, images) in all the sciences. Sat, 31 Sept. 2009 19:30:00 GMT 200910015 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ In this 18 September article Tom Kuntz connects the Constructal Law to the evolution of river basins, sports and... the design on the parking lots around the stadiums! Sun, 20 Sept. 2009 23:30:00 GMT 200909014 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ Matthew Futterman explains why team sports keep evolving toward speed and taller athletes. American football is one example, and its natural design (strategy, game rules, athletes' measurements) evolves toward easier flowing, in accordance with the Constructal Law. Wed, 16 Sept. 2009 18:30:00 GMT 200909013 webmaster@constructal.org http://memagazine.asme.org/Articles/2009/September/Natural_Design_Constructal.cfm In this feature article in the Mechanical Engineering magazine of the ASME, Professors Bejan and Lorente outline the place of the constructal law in the physics of design in nature, and the hot constructal developments on the engineering frontier: the vascularization revolution, smart materials, self healing, self cooling, and compact high-density flow structures. Sun, 6 Sept. 2009 18:30:00 GMT 200909012 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.wessex.ac.uk/10-conferences/design-and-nature-2010-7.html This seminar will take place at the Design and Nature 2010 conference, 28-30 June 2010, Pisa, Italy. Sun, 16 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT 200908011 webmaster@constructal.org http://constructal.wordpress.com/2009/08/16/constructal-law-the-tree-museum/ The Constructal Law is one of the perspectives featured at The Tree Museum (the 56th tree), a public art project by Katie Holten, situated at The Tree Museum, Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY, 21 June - 12 October, 2009. Sun, 16 Aug 2009 04:00:00 GMT 200908010 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ This new Journal of Experimental Biology article shows that the constructal law predicts the evolution of speed sports: the fastest runners and swimmers will be heavier, taller and more slender. In the future, speed competitions might have to be divided into weight categories. Thu, 16 July 2009 20:00:00 GMT 200907009 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ Professor Adrian Bejan proposes the Constructal Law of design in nature. Wed, 6 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT 200905008 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ In this MIT video lecture, Adrian Bejan shows how the constructal law "covers every configuration in physics, from animate, to inanimate, to us, the societal." He demonstrates how his law predicts the tree-shaped flow of all rivers, animal locomotion and human settlement distribution. With the constructal law "thermodynamics becomes a science of systems with configuration." Sat, 2 May 2009 04:00:00 GMT 200905007 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ The colloquium Constructal Theory and Multi-scale Geometries will be held in Paris on 11 June 2009 at the Ecole Nationale Superieure de Techniques Avancees, Unite Chimie et Procedes, 32, Bd Victor, Paris 15e. Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:00:00 GMT 200904006 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ In this new book, globalization, security infrastructure and energy sustainability are based on the constructal law, which means to design them as evolving global flow structures that are alive with movement of personnel, equipment, information, education, etc. Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:00:00 GMT 200903005 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ In this article in Physics of Life Reviews, Professors Bejan and Marden show that the constructal law is the physics law of evolution, and that it unites animate with inanimate design, for example the scaling rules of animal movement with Horton's scaling rules of river basins. These apples and oranges and many more nuts (turbulence, organ sizes, rhythm, snowflakes, mud cracks, splashing droplets, Zipf distributions) are predicted with the constructal law. Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:00:00 GMT 200902004 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ Good ideas flow fast and far and keep on flowing; Government policy toward supporting research is wrongheaded; All research is autobiographical. Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:00:00 GMT 200902003 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ In this Physica A paper, the constructal law explains the diverse patterns and regimes of self-organization that compete for existence in complex systems such as pedestrian crowds, coral colonies, and other large groups of live (i.e. flow) systems. Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:00:00 GMT 200902002 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ This essay traces the evolution of thermodynamics from its origins to ad hoc applications of thermodynamic optimization (entropy generation minimization) and the principle-based generation of flow configuration in nonequilibrium systems (constructal theory). Wed, 18 Feb 2009 10:00:00 GMT 200902001 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ In this new article Adrian Bejan uses the constructal law to explain why independent researchers will never disappear, in spite of coercion from administrators and academic lobbies that favor the big groups. Online articles links and PDF version of original article available on www.constructal.org Sun, 7 Dec 2008 10:20:00 GMT 200812001 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ In this interview for educators and students, Adrian Bejan discusses MIT, education, the world, history, science, thermodynamics, the constructal law, and how to have fun with new ideas. Mon, 3 Nov 2008 08:00:00 GMT 200811001 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ Abdelkader Bachta, Jean Dhombres, Angele Kremer-Marietti, Epistemologie et Philosophie des Sciences, L'Harmattan, 2008, Paris (in French). Mon, 22 Sept 2008 08:00:00 GMT 200809004 webmaster@constructal.org http://twitter.com/constructal/ Constructal Theory last news are now available on Twitter! Sun, 21 Sept 2008 08:00:00 GMT 200809003 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ Cahiers de Science & Vie (No 106, Aug-Sept 2008) devotes a feature article to the constructal-law prediction of the uniqueness of the shape of all ancient Pyramids. Fri, 05 September 2008 08:00:00 GMT 200809002 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ This book offers a revolutionary approach to "design as science", from the tree and the forest to electronics cooling, decontamination and vascular smart materials. Fri, 05 September 2008 08:00:00 GMT 200809001 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/en/art/JTB_Trees.pdf The flow of stresses and the flow of water: This new paper (Journal of Theoretical Biology, 2008) shows how the constructal law predicts "vegetation" architecture, and the empirical "rules" of Leonardo, Fibonacci and Zipf. Thu, 07 August 2008 18:00:00 GMT 200808002 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/en/art/Emergence_of_vascular_design_18_July_2008.pdf This new paper in the Journal of Applied Physics shows that tree-shaped 3D vasculatures offer greater flow access than parallel channels, more so at larger scales, in accordance with nature and the constructal law. Thu, 07 August 2008 18:00:00 GMT 200808001 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ The June 2008 issue of SPEKTRUM DER WISSENSCHAFT shows how the Constructal Law predicts the oneness—the commonality—of all animal locomotion. Tue, 17 June 2008 12:00:00 GMT 200806003 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ This fresh constructal-theory article shows that the hierarchy persists because it is the global flow structure that supports the easiest flow of ideas, to students and into the books of our evolving science and culture (International Journal of Design and Nature, Vol2, Issue 4). Tue, 17 June 2008 12:00:00 GMT 200806002 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ In this paper, V.A.P. Raja, T. Basak and S.K. Das present the design, construction and testing of the constructal counterflow heat exchanger concept. Tue, 17 June 2008 12:00:00 GMT 200806001 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ In this News & Observer article, Peder Zane reviews the deterministic powers of the Constructal Law to predict design in nature, the animate and the inanimate realms together. Fri, 04 January 2008 14:00:00 GMT 200801001 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ This Physica A article from A. Heitor Reis unveils the dynamics behind geometry generating the inverse-power distribution laws of street lengths and nodes, on the basis of Constructal Theory. Thu, 22 November 2007 21:00:00 GMT 200710012 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ Read online one of the first articles on Constructal Theory - 1997 - by Adrian BEJAN, in The "Mechanical Engineering" Magazine of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Thu, 22 November 2007 21:00:00 GMT 200710011 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ In their Physica A paper "Parabolic scaling of tree-shaped constructal network", a french-american team show that constructal networks perform better than Fractal, and that Constructal Theory predicts the deviations from scale invariance observed in many natural phenomena. Wed, 17 October 2007 20:00:00 GMT 200710010 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.duke.edu/today/archive/oncamera.php?id=11138 In this interview, Adrian Bejan explains us the reasons behind the similarities between water flow structures like river and botanical trees, on the basis of Constructal Theory. Wed, 29 August 2007 19:00:00 GMT 200708009 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ In the July issue of the MECHANICAL ENGINEERING magazine, Adrian Bejan explores 300-year old roots of prefigurations of Constructal theory, through the scientific contributions of Denis Papin and Sadi Carnot, both French engineers. This article outlines the place that the constructal law occupies in thermodynamics, next to the second law. Sat, 28 July 2007 16:00:00 GMT 200707008 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/en/art/CTSD_summary.pdf Read the preface and table of contents of the book "Constructal Theory of Social Dynamics", published by SPRINGER. Mon, 18 June 2007 06:00:00 GMT 200706007 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.springer.com/west/home/engineering/mechanical+eng?SGWID=4-185-22-173695511-0 This new book dedicated to "Constructal Theory of Social Dynamics" will be available on June. SPRINGER is offering you a 20% discount on this title good through July 31, 2007! You can already go to the CTSD book's webpage and use the promotion code EE2635 to command it! Mon, 04 June 2007 10:00:00 GMT 200706006 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.investigacionyciencia.es/03063665000569/Termodin%C3%A1mica_de_la_locomoci%C3%B3n_animal.htm This article from A. Bejan and J.H. Marden published in Investigacion y Ciencia: 361 - OCTUBRE 2006 is the spanish translation of their article in American Scientist, July-August 2006. This paper uses the constructal law to predict the speeds, frequencies and forces of all animal locomotion, such as flying, running, swimming. Thu, 19 April 2007 06:30:00 GMT 200704005 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ Read Prof. Jaime Cervantes de Gortari's review of Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics 3rd Ed. Wiley (2006) by A. Bejan: "The truly innovative Constructal Theory [ ... ] predictions reported in this book are the scaling laws of all animal locomotion [...], the distribution of the sizes of human settlements, the [...] scaling laws of river basins, the shape of all Egyptian pyramids, vegetation, and the evolution of science and civilization." Wed, 21 March 2007 20:30:00 GMT 200703004 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ The Faculty of Geosciences and the Environment of the University of Lausanne publish a new book about Constructal Theory by Profs. Bejan, Lorente, Miguel, and Reis, edited by J. Hernandez and M. Cosinschi (204 pages, 96 figures, 184 references). Among other topics, The Shape and living systems, Constructal theory of river basins, and Agglomeration or deposition of aerosol particles are addressed in this book. Thu, 15 February 2007 17:59:00 GMT 200702003 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ In these three books published by L'Harmattan, Patrick Kalason uses a constructal and trifunctional systematic approach to address and propose new keys to understand the emergency of sociodynamic forms such as religious practices, negociation processes, and communication mechanisms underlying social changes (in french). Mon, 22 January 2007 15:00:00 GMT 200701002 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ Antonio Miguel investigates here a new application of constructal theory: describing and predicting the formation of dissimilar patterns inside elements of the same species under different hydrodynamics conditions (from Journal of Theoretical Biology 242, 2006, 954–961). Mon, 22 January 2007 15:00:00 GMT 200701001 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ In this first article of a Treehugger serie of incoming 4 articles Tim Mc Gee emphasizes the role and relevancy of a new law of physics (namely the Constructal Law) regarding sustainability and the environment. Wed, 27 December 2006 06:00:00 GMT 200612024 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/en/art/Heterogeneous_porous_media.html The “porous medium” that has tree-shaped labyrinths is heterogeneous, with multiple scales that are distributed nonuniformly. These features justify comparisons with the design of natural porous structures. Read online this article from the Journal of Applied Physics. Wed, 13 December 2006 15:00:00 GMT 200612023 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/en/art/dendrites.html This paper focuses on the prediction of the dendritic solid structure based on the application of the constructal theory. Frid, 08 December 2006 23:00:00 GMT 200612022 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/en/art/social_dynamics.html The proceedings of the First International Workshop of "Constructal Theory of Social Dynamics" are announced by SPRINGER for may 2007. Frid, 08 December 2006 23:00:00 GMT 200612021 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ A review by Jaime Cervantes de Gortari of the book "Shape and Structure - from Engineering to Nature" by Adrian BEJAN, from Ciencia: the official magazine of the Mexican Academy of Sciences Sat, 25 November 2006 07:00:00 GMT 200611020 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ A supplement of Science et Vie no. 1067, August 2006, about the commonality of Benoît Mandelbrot's Fractal model, Alan Turing's point of view, Stephen Wolfram's "New kind of Science" and Constructal Theory of Adrian Bejan. Sat, 25 November 2006 07:00:00 GMT 200611019 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/en/news/2006/vjbio.html A. Bejan and S. Lorente, Constructal theory of generation of configuration in nature and engineering, Applied Physics Reviews, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 100, 2006, 041301: selected for the Sept. 1, 2006 issue of the Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research. Mon, 25 September 2006 07:40:00 GMT 200609018 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.editions-ellipses.fr/fiche_detaille.asp?identite=5543 The 7th chapter of this french book co-written by A. Kremer-Marietti and J. Dhombes exposes the Constructal Law proposed by A. Bejan. Fri, 09 September 2006 21:02:00 GMT 200609017 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.mvac.uiuc.edu/themes_3.html This multidisciplinary university research initiative concern the design of autonomic materials, and includes researches on biomimetics and constructal design. Fri, 09 September 2006 21:01:00 GMT 200609016 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/en/news/2006/skin.html The authors have developed a numerical method for obtaining an optimal temperature distribution in a triple-layered skin structure. JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS 99, 104702 (2006) Thu, 10 August 2006 07:30:00 GMT 200608015 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/en/news/2006/AdvEngTh3rdEd.html The 3rd edition of Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics from Adrian Bejan, that first presented in 1997 the constructal theory, is now available! Thu, 10 August 2006 07:20:00 GMT 200608014 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org Retrouvez la traduction francaise de l'article de A. Bejan et J. Marden dans l'article de "Pour La Science" N° 346 - aout 2006. (French translation of Am. Sci. article) Mon, 31 July 2006 06:25:00 GMT 200607013 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/en/art/am_sci.html You can request by email a free paper version (subject to conditions) of the article "Constructing Animal Locomotion from New Thermodynamics Theory" (American Scientist, July-August 2006, Volume 94, Number 4) to Deborah ALFORD (dalford@duke.edu), assistant to professor Adrian Bejan. Mon, 24 July 2006 13:00:00 GMT 200607012 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/en/art/am_sci.html Adrian Bejan and James H. Marden have developed an analytical formula that can predict many features of animal shape and locomotion. This theory could help for understanding the animal evolution's patterns. Read this article from American Scientist, July-August 2006, Volume 94, Number 4. Sat, 01 July 2006 07:00:00 GMT 200607011 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/index.html Heatlines and masslines were some of the first attempts to treat the configurations of flow systems on the basis of principle. Read more on this subject in this article from V. A. F. Costa: "Bejan's Heatlines and Masslines for Convection Visualization and Analysis" (Applied Mechanics Reviews, Vol. 59, MAY 2006). Tue, 27 June 2006 08:00:00 GMT 200606010 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/en/art/droplet.html "In this paper we showed that the ‘‘sometimes round, sometimes crown’’ liquid droplets after impact can be reasoned as another manifestation of the constructal law. The flowing liquid chooses the configuration that maximizes its access, i.e. the architecture that allows it to flow the easiest and come to rest the fastest. The choice between round splats and splashing is dictated by the new dimensionless group G, which physically means a ratio of two length scales...", An article from A. Bejan and D. Gobin, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 49 (2006) 2412–2419. Thu, 25 May 2006 21:25:00 GMT 200605009 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/index.html Read online this article by A. H. Reis, A. F. Miguel and A. Bejan (Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 39 No 10 (21 May 2006) 2311-2318 doi:10.1088/0022-3727/39/10/046) Thu, 11 May 2006 08:05:00 GMT 200605008 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/index.html The 3rd edition of "Convection in Porous Media" (Springer, 2006) by D. A. Nieldand A. Bejan is available, ISBN 0-387-29096-6 Thu, 04 May 2006 12:15:00 GMT 200605007 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/en/art/every_thing_that_flows.html Review of the paper from A. H. Reis and A. Bejan, Constructal theory of global circulation and climate, Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer, Vol. 49, 2006. Thu, 09 Feb 2006 18:15:00 GMT 200508006 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ An article from A. Bejan, S. Lorente, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 47 (2004) 3203–3214. Sun, 29 Jan 2006 09:00:00 GMT 200508005 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/ In this paper, A. H. Reis and A. Bejan develop model of heat transport on the earth surface. Tue, 24 Jan 2006 20:00:00 GMT 200508004 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/en/art/Unifying%20constructal%20theory%20for%20scale%20effects%20in%20running%20swimming%20and%20flying.pdf The constructal theory allows to unify in the same framework all animal movement. Thu, 19 Jan 2006 22:25:00 GMT 200508003 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect?path=ASIN/0471148806&link_code=as2&camp=1789&tag=contructalthe-20&creative=9325 The 3rd edition of this 1997 book from Adrian Bejan, that first presented the constructal theory, will be published in 2006. Fri, 02 Aug 2005 06:01:00 GMT 200508002 webmaster@constructal.org http://www.constructal.org/rss/index.html The last news concerning the Constructal Theory are now available through RSS channel. Fri, 02 Aug 2005 06:00:00 GMT 200508001