Tissues resist bending under stress: giant green anemone

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Anemones resist bending because of the high stress resistance of the tissues and the distance of those tissues from the axis of bending.

Biomimicry Taxonomy

	Maintain physical integrity >
	Manage structural forces >
	Shear

Biomimetic Application Ideas

Stronger yet lighter-weight structures for windpower and other systems in strong wind areas, as well as pilings and other underwater structures.

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[Collapse all sections] Summary

"Flexural stiffness is the ability of a beam-like organism to resist bending. The higher the elastic modulus of the organism's tissues and the greater the distance of those tissues from the axis of bending, the less the organism will bend when loaded." (Koehl 1977:137-138)

About the inspiring organism

giant green anemone
Anthopleura xanthogrammica (Brandt, 1835)
[Giant green anemone]

IUCN Red List Status: Unknown

Some organism data provided by: Hexacorals: Hexacorallians of the World
Organism/taxonomy data provided by:
Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist

Bioinspired products and application ideas

Application Ideas: Stronger yet lighter-weight structures for windpower and other systems in strong wind areas, as well as pilings and other underwater structures.

Industrial Sector(s) interested in this strategy: Construction

References

Koehl, M. A. R. 1977. Mechanical Organization of Cantileverlike Sessile Organisms: Sea Anemones. J Exp Biol. 69(1): 127-142.

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Thanks to Duarte Miguel Prazeres for finding and uploading these photos.

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