Adrian Bejan Quotes

There is the current that is flowing (for example, fluid, heat, mass, or information) and the design through which it flows.
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Current Design Flow Flowing Fluid Heal Information Mass Through
The fact that the same proportionalities rule optimal running,
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Fact Impact Optimal Propotionalities Rule Running Same Swimming
Animate and inanimate they all develop in space and in time such that they optimize the flow of material.
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Animal Animate Develop Flow Inanimate Optimize Space Such Time
In fact, animal locomotion is no different than other flows
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Animal Different Fact Flow Locomotion
The designs we see in nature are not the result of chance.
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Chance Design Flow Nature Result See
Based on experience, knowledge, it is the creative exploitation of the unforeseen.
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Based Creative Experience Exploitation Knowledge Unforeseen
it must evolve in such a way that it provides easier access to the imposed currents that flow through it.
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Current Easier Evolve Flow Imposed Such Through Way
They rise naturally, spontaneously, because they enhance access to flow.
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Access Enhance Flow Naturally Rise Spontaneously
The similarities among animals that are on the surface very different are no coincidence.
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Among Animal Coin Different Flow No Similarities Space Surface Very
Flying and swimming is not a coincidence rather it is an illustration of the fact that a universal principle is involved.
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Coincidence Flying Illustration Involved Principle Swimming Universal
Serendipity is the way to make discoveries, by accident but also by sagacity , of things one is not in quest of.
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Accident Creative Discoveries Discovery Make Quest Sagacity Serendipity Thing Way
Flow systems have two basic features (properties).
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Basic Design Example Feature Flow Properties System Two

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