Arya Assadi-Langroudi
Recent Advances in Nature-Inspired Solutions for Ground Engineering (NiSE)
Assadi-Langroudi, Arya; O�Kelly, Brendan C.; Barreto, Daniel; Cotecchia, Federica; Dicks, Henry; Ekinci, Abdullah; Garcia, Fernando E.; Harbottle, Michael; Tagarelli, Vito; Jefferson, Ian; Maghoul, Pooneh; Masoero, Enrico; El Mountassir, Gr�inne; Muhunthan, Balasingam; Geng, Xueyu; Ghadr, Soheil; Mirzababaei, Mehdi; Mitrani, Helen; van Paassen, Leon
Authors
Brendan C. O�Kelly
Dr Daniel Barreto Gonzalez D.Barreto@napier.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Federica Cotecchia
Henry Dicks
Abdullah Ekinci
Fernando E. Garcia
Michael Harbottle
Vito Tagarelli
Ian Jefferson
Pooneh Maghoul
Enrico Masoero
Gr�inne El Mountassir
Balasingam Muhunthan
Xueyu Geng
Soheil Ghadr
Mehdi Mirzababaei
Helen Mitrani
Leon van Paassen
Abstract
The ground is a natural grand system; it is composed of myriad constituents that aggregate to form several geologic and biogenic systems. These systems operate independently and interplay harmoniously via important networked structures over multiple spatial and temporal scales. This paper presents arguments and derivations couched by the authors, to first give a better understanding of these intertwined networked structures, and then to give an insight of why and how these can be imitated to develop a new generation of nature-symbiotic ground engineering techniques. The paper draws on numerous recent advances made by the authors, and others, in imitating forms (e.g. synthetic fibres that imitate plant roots), materials (e.g. living composite materials, or living soil that imitate fungi and microbes), generative processes (e.g. managed decomposition of construction rubble to mimic weathering of aragonites to calcites), and functions (e.g. recreating the self-healing, self-producing, and self-forming capacity of natural systems). Advances are reported in three categories of Materials, Models, and Methods (3Ms). A novel value-based appraisal tool is also presented, providing a means to vet the effectiveness of 3Ms as standalone units or in combinations.
Citation
Assadi-Langroudi, A., O’Kelly, B. C., Barreto, D., Cotecchia, F., Dicks, H., Ekinci, A., Garcia, F. E., Harbottle, M., Tagarelli, V., Jefferson, I., Maghoul, P., Masoero, E., El Mountassir, G., Muhunthan, B., Geng, X., Ghadr, S., Mirzababaei, M., Mitrani, H., & van Paassen, L. (2022). Recent Advances in Nature-Inspired Solutions for Ground Engineering (NiSE). International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering, 8(1), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40891-021-00349-9
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Dec 5, 2021 |
Online Publication Date | Dec 31, 2021 |
Publication Date | 2022-02 |
Deposit Date | Jan 5, 2022 |
Publicly Available Date | Jan 1, 2023 |
Journal | International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering |
Print ISSN | 2199-9260 |
Electronic ISSN | 2199-9279 |
Publisher | Springer |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 8 |
Issue | 1 |
Article Number | 3 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1007/s40891-021-00349-9 |
Keywords | Biomimicry, Soil, Improvement, Self-heal, Natural |
Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2832225 |
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