MODELING ECOLOGICAL SERVICES OF ENGINEERED-LIVING SHORELINES

   Reinforced Mangrove Protective Infrastructure

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Flexible tensegrity-like structures inspired by red mangrove aerial prop roots

Conceptual structural analysis resulting from water flow over structure

Concept for mangrove tree growth over structural substrate

(A) Computational integration of mangrove growth model, structural substrate and (B) flow analysis over time (mangrove model from Berger and Hildenbrandt, 2000)