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Jan Knippers

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65

Publications

2.3K

Citations

27

H-Index

2001

Active since

Affiliations

University of Stuttgart(Current)

Deutschen Institute für Textil und Faserforschung

University of Freiburg

Supply Chain Competence Center (Germany)

Jan Knippers is an author at University of Stuttgart specializing in engineering, mechanical engineering, and design.

Top concepts

EngineeringMechanical EngineeringDesignStructural MechanicsStructural OptimizationStructural EngineeringSocial SciencesStructural DesignComputer-aided DesignMaterial Science

Publications per year

2001–2024

65

Publications

65

Design and construction principles in nature and architecture

Jan Knippers, Thomas Speck · Bioinspiration & Biomimetics · 2012 · 199 citations

Engineering, Bio-inspired Design, Mechanical Engineering +21

Flectofin: a hingeless flapping mechanism inspired by nature

Julian Lienhard, Simon Schleicher, Simon Poppinga et al. · Bioinspiration & Biomimetics · 2011 · 185 citations

Abstraction Strategies, Engineering, Biomimetic Materials +19

Active Bending, a Review on Structures where Bending is Used as a Self-Formation Process

Julian Lienhard, Holger Alpermann, Christoph Gengnagel et al. · International Journal of Space Structures · 2013 · 149 citations

A methodology for transferring principles of plant movements to elastic systems in architecture

Simon Schleicher, Julian Lienhard, Simon Poppinga et al. · Computer-Aided Design · 2014 · 120 citations

Architectural Design, Elastic Systems, Engineering +15

Stability of grid shells

Th. Bulenda, Jan Knippers · Computers & Structures · 2001 · 109 citations

Engineering, Grid Shells, Mechanics +9

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