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    The document compares the structural design of the Eiffel Tower to the femur bone. Both are intricately designed to maximize strength using minimal materials through mechanisms like struts and braces in the tower and trabeculae in the femur. The structures withstand significant compression and tension forces through layered, crisscrossing elements. This analogy suggests buildings could emulate trabeculae to efficiently support weight using minimal materials.

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    The document compares the structural design of the Eiffel Tower to the femur bone. Both are intricately designed to maximize strength using minimal materials through mechanisms like struts and braces in the tower and trabeculae in the femur. The structures withstand significant compression and tension forces through layered, crisscrossing elements. This analogy suggests buildings could emulate trabeculae to efficiently support weight using minimal materials.

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    Analogies: Eiffel Tower & the Femur

    Eiffel Tower Femur

    I) Background/ Basic Mechanisms: I) Background/ Basic Mechanisms:

    Figure 1: Eiffel Tower Structure

    Figure 2: Femoral Head of the Femur

    - Eiffel tower is a 1,063 feet (324 m)


    -Femur is the thigh bone
    -It was designed by Gustave to optimize the
    - It is the strongest and longest part of the
    amount of iron to provide maximum strength.
    human skeletal system.
    -It was designed to withstand tension and
    -It supports most of the varying forces
    compression forces induced onto the tower by
    transmitted onto the hip, which sometimes can
    the environment (such as wind forces)
    be more than 6 time one’s body weight.
    - It consists of a femoral head, which is an off-
    centered ball that fits into the hip socket.
    - In the femur, especially the head, there are
    many trabeculae (bone fibers).
    -These bone fibers are crisscrossed in layers in a
    specific order to take compression and tension.
    II) Similarities

    -Both are intricate designs that are able to support maximal amounts of forces using
    little amounts of materials.

    -Both have structures and support systems according to its varying load: (Struts and
    braces in the Eiffel Tower; Trabeculae in the femur)

    - Materials in the structures, both, crisscrossed and have different layers.

    Figure 3: Struts and Bases of the Eiffel Figure 4: Trabeculae in the Femur

    - In figure 5, the Femoral head can be seen as a bunch of inverted Eiffel Towers lined
    up around its cortical bone. Hence, we can see that the mechanical properties are
    similar.

    Figure 5:Comparison between the Femoral head and the Eiffel Tower
    III) Possible Design Concepts

    -The Designed concepts from these analogies are…


    (Conservation of materials, and the Strength of Structures)
    -Below are trabeculae inspired building design examples:

    Figure 6: The meshwork in the trabeculae towers is able to support buildings while providing an adequate amount of space
    ratio.

    Figure 6: Trabeculae tower


    Analogical Reasoning:

    Premise#1

    The Eiffel tower was built using struts and braces to withstand the tension and
    compression caused by the environment (ex. Wind forces).

    Premise#2

    The femur can support a great amount of tension and compression forces by its
    trabeculae.

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    Conclusion

    Since the femur and the Eiffel tower are capable of withstanding great amounts
    of compression and tension, struts and braces are like the trabeculae; hence, the
    structure of the Eiffel Tower and the Femur are analogous.

    Main Websites:

     http://www.discoveryofdesign.com/id13.html
     http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/am/v4/n4/architects

    Corresponding Websites:

     http://www.gla.ac.uk/ibls/US/fab/tutorial/generic/bone2.html
     http://education.yahoo.com/reference/gray/subjects/subject/59
     http://www.scia-online.com/eNews/en/eNewsOkt05_EN.html

    Design Concept Ideas:

     http://www.evolo.us/architecture/trabeculae-re-imagining-the-office-
    building/

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