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- adjective engineering Relating to or derived from a postulated principle of design, evolutionary or otherwise, that evolved designs optimize transport, flow, or movement characteristics.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Thirteen years ago Bejan developed what he calls constructal theory, a new concept in physics that he believes determines the design of everything in nature.
ABC News: ABCNews 2009
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Do you know a good source on the statistics of constructal geometries?
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Do you have any information about the statistics of constructal geometries?
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The climate system is a driven, resonant, chaotic, multi-stable, optimally turbulent, constructal, terawatt scale heat engine with a host of known and unknown drivers and feedbacks.
USCCSP: Temperature Trends in the Lower Atmosphere « Climate Audit 2006
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The constructal law shows how the system physically restructures to minimize entropy.
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I have found references to a paper on constructal theory of climate, but cannot find the paper online.
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If climate is well described by constructal theory which would not surprise me, as constructal theory covers anything that flows, which includes climate, then it would be fascinating to understand the statistics of the constructal universe.
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Are there any R scripts involving constructal geometries?
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Constructal theory is much in the news, including the application of constructal theory to climate.
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The constructal law shows how the system physically restructures to minimize entropy.
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