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e-Zbornik, Electronic Collection of Papers of the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Vol. 9 No. 17, 2019.

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PRINCIPLES OF FRACTAL GEOMETRY AND APPLICATIONS IN ARCHITECTURE AND CIVIL ENGINEERING

Anton Vrdoljak orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-0559-0981 ; University of Mostar, Faculty of Civil Engineering
Kristina Miletić orcid id orcid.org/0000-0003-1510-9474 ; University of Mostar, Faculty of Civil Engineering

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Abstract

This paper presents a brief overview of fractals and some possible applications of fractal geometry in architecture and civil engineering. The interest in this mathematical discipline has been steadily growing since the end of the 20th century, due to the fascinating beauty of fractals as well as the generally accepted perception that many shapes in nature, if not all, are irregular and rugged, or chaotic (nature is fractal). Fractal geometry, in contrast to Euclidean geometry, offers considerably better methods for describing natural objects, and thereby for achieving harmony with nature, or harmony between clear precision and chaotic imperfection.

Keywords

fractals; self–similarity; fractal geometry; golden ratio; architecture; civil engineering

Hrčak ID:

222493

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/222493

Publication date:

26.6.2019.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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