The origin and process of development of bionic design was introduced, and a classification on the force bearing structures of organism was carried out from the special properties of mechanics.

• 介绍了仿生设计的由来及发展过程,并对生物体承力结构从力学特征上进行了分类,综述了在机械工业、建筑行业上关于生物体承力结构的仿生设计研究概况、存在的问题和应用前景。