Engineering Shark skin and other solutions

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Nature, 1999, vol. 400, issue 6744, 507-509

Abstract: Examples from the living world that have analogues in engineering design are ball-and-socket joints, aerodynamic forms and laminated materials. What inspiration the natural world might have to offer the engineer came under consideration at a stimulating meeting held in Berlin in June

Date: 1999
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