ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 18458 First edition 2015-05-15 Biomimetics Terminology, concepts and methodology Biomimétique - Terminologie, concepts et méthodologie Reference number ISO 18458:2015(E) SO International Organization for Standardization Zhejang Institute of Standardization 5956617 IS02015 vided by IHS under itted without license from IHS IS0 18458:2015(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT IS0 2015, Published in Switzerland All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISOcopyrightoffice Ch. de Blandonnet 8 . CP 401 CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland Tel. +41 22 749 01 11 Fax +41 22 749 09 47 [email protected] www.iso.org Intenatinair PrganizationforStandardization Not for Resale, 2015/8/6 09:50:2 etworking permitted without license from IHS IS0 18458:2015(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv Introduction. ..V 1 Scope. ..1 2 Terms and definitions 3 What is biomimetics?. .3 3.1 Essentials of biomimetics .3 3.2 Boundaries to and areas of overlap with related sciences 3.3 Biomimetic products and processes ..5 4 Reasons and occasions for using biomimetic methods .6 4.1 Possibilities, performance, and success factors for biomimetics ..6 4.2 Biomimetics and sustainability 7 4.3 Limits of biomimetics. 4.4 Communication process in biomimetics ..8 5 Biomimetic engineering process. ..8 5.1 General .8 5.2 Development of new ideas. ..9 5.3 Abstraction and analogy ..12 5.4 Planning phase to invention .13 6 Implementation of biomimetics in the innovation approach ..14 Annex A (informative) Examples .15 Bibliography .23 iii see=Zhejiang Institute of Standardization 5956617 vided by IHS underI thout license from IHS