@inproceedings{afe026339c3a4ac582cf07f8c3c285b3,
title = "An innovative fabrication process from rolled helicoidal steel strips",
abstract = "“Metal Euplectella Folie” is a prototype which explores an innovative design and manufacturing method for free-form architecture. Four 40m long by 0.4m wide by 1.5mm thick steel sheets, each cut to a unique pattern and then spiral-wrapped, form a sculptural tube assembled without the need for any adjustment, plans or jigs. This experimental construction is inspired both by the structural concept of the deep-sea sponge “Euplectella Aspergillum” - a thin-walled shell stiffened by helicoidal fins - and by the industrial process for fabricating helicoidal pipes - manufactured by wrapping a continuous strip of constant width. By adopting a strip of variable width, a new range of potential forms may be explored. This shaping process takes advantage of the property of developable surfaces that allows complex three-dimensional objects to be formed from flat cut shapes by simple bending.",
keywords = "Architectural geometry, Developable surfaces, Elastic bending, Innovative process, Spiral tube",
author = "Nicolas Leduc and Caron, \{Jean Fran{\c c}ois\} and Cyril Douthe and Bernard Vaudeville and Simon Aubry and Karine Leempoels and Tahay, \{Jean Pierre\} and Laurent Hauswirth",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 International Conference on Wireless Communications, Signal Processing and Networking, WiSPNET. All rights reserved.; 40th IABSE Symposium in Nantes 2018: Tomorrow's Megastructures ; Conference date: 19-09-2018 Through 21-09-2018",
year = "2018",
month = jan,
day = "1",
language = "English",
series = "IABSE Symposium, Nantes 2018: Tomorrow's Megastructures",
publisher = "International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE)",
pages = "S29--23--S29--30",
booktitle = "IABSE Symposium, Nantes 2018",
}