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Rule-based topology finding of patterns towards multi-objective structural design

  • Université Paris-Est
  • ETH Zurich

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Abstract

Design of patterns involves meeting multiple objectives regarding architecture, engineering and construction. Form finding allows to explore the geometrical design space defined by the topology of the pattern, and to optimise a geometry to meet these objectives. This research introduces rule-based topology finding for the exploration of singularities in quad-based mesh patterns by introducing a strip grammar. This grammar allows to generate and combine multiple topologies, and therefore, multiple geometrical design spaces with qualitatively different parameters. Applying rules to create hybrid topologies based on single-objective topologies that are heuristically or algorithmically generated, allows to explore hybrid geometrical design spaces in order to meet trade-offs between multiple design objectives. This research opens a new family of rule-based topology-optimisation methods that allow to tackle multiple objectives that can relate to statics as well as fabrication, construction and other design aspects.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIASS Symposium 2019 - 60th Anniversary Symposium of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures; Structural Membranes 2019 - 9th International Conference on Textile Composites and Inflatable Structures, FORM and FORCE
EditorsCarlos Lazaro, Kai-Uwe Bletzinger, Eugenio Onate
PublisherInternational Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering
Pages2105-2112
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9788412110104
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2019
Externally publishedYes
EventIASS Symposium 2019 - 60th Anniversary Symposium of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures; Structural Membranes 2019 - 9th International Conference on Textile Composites and Inflatable Structures, FORM and FORCE - Barcelona, Spain
Duration: 7 Oct 201910 Oct 2019

Publication series

NameIASS Symposium 2019 - 60th Anniversary Symposium of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures; Structural Membranes 2019 - 9th International Conference on Textile Composites and Inflatable Structures, FORM and FORCE

Conference

ConferenceIASS Symposium 2019 - 60th Anniversary Symposium of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures; Structural Membranes 2019 - 9th International Conference on Textile Composites and Inflatable Structures, FORM and FORCE
Country/TerritorySpain
CityBarcelona
Period7/10/1910/10/19

Keywords

  • Conceptual design
  • Form finding
  • Multi-objective
  • Patterns
  • Rule-based design
  • Singularities
  • Structural design
  • Surface structures
  • Topology
  • Topology finding

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