Shell structures for architecture : form finding and optimization / edited by Sigrid Adriaenssens [and three others] ; foreword, Jörg Schlaich.
Contributor(s): Adriaenssens, Sigrid [editor.]
| Schlaich, Jörg [author of introduction, etc.]Publisher: Abingdon, England ; New York, New York : Routledge, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (338 pages) : illustrations (some color), photographsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resource001: 44938ISBN: 9781315849270 (e-book)Subject(s): Shells (Engineering) | Structural optimization | Architecture | ShapesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Shell structures for architecture : form finding and optimization.DDC classification: 624.1/7762 LOC classification: TA660.S5 | .S545 2014Online resources: Click to View
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
*** Featuring a foreword by Pritzker Prize Winner Shigeru Ban ***
Bringing together experts from research and practice, Shell Structures for Architecture: Form Finding and Optimization presents contemporary design methods for shell and gridshell structures, covering form-finding and structural optimization techniques. It introduces architecture and engineering practitioners and students to structural shells and provides computational techniques to develop complex curved structural surfaces, in the form of mathematics, computer algorithms, and design case studies.
* Part I introduces the topic of shells, tracing the ancient relationship between structural form and forces, the basics of shell behaviour, and the evolution of form-finding and structural optimization techniques.
* Part II familiarizes the reader with form-finding techniques to explore expressive structural geometries, covering the force density method, thrust network analysis, dynamic relaxation and particle-spring systems.
* Part III focuses on shell shape and topology optimization, and provides a deeper understanding of gradient-based methods and meta-heuristic techniques.
* Part IV contains precedent studies of realised shells and gridshells describing their innovative design and construction methods.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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