This research investigated building components that can be produced and transported in a flat state and transformed to a spatial state without scaffolding on-site. Curved folding was employed to allow for a shape change between flat and spatial bending active ...

Multi-layer spatial structures usually take considerable external loads with a small material usage at all scales. Polyhedral graphic statics (PGS) provides a method to design multi-layer funicular polyhedral structures, and the structural forms are usually ma...

The aim of the research is to propose a workflow and an assembly tool for architecture based on curved wood in its whole unmodified form e. g., wasted crown wood from producing sawn timber, wood thinnings cut during forest management or just branches found in ...

This study aims to develop missing geometric knowledge for demountable reciprocal frames (RF). While designing a demountable RF, one should know the initial, in-process and final form of the RF. These processes require some specific geometric knowledge. There ...

Single-layer reticulated shell is a kind of imperfection-sensitive structure, and its stability is influenced by many factors, especially geometric imperfections. To investigate the effect of nodal deviation, member eccentricity and their couplings on stabilit...

The use of inflatable wings for unmanned aerial vehicles over their fixed-winged counterparts has many advantages. However, there are difficulties associated with predicting the profile of the inflatable wing, which makes achieving a desirable aerofoil profile...

The center-hung scoreboard is large-scale display device flexibly suspended in the center of the gymnasium. The influence of center-hung scoreboard on seismic response of single-layer spherical reticulated shell is not clear. In this paper, the FEA models of c...

A Cable-supported pipe system (CSPS) is a composite system of structure involving truss modules and cable to support a pipeline over a large space. The structure is crucial in the transportation of fluid. This paper proposes structural design optimization meth...

The design of movable systems gives an opportunity to create transformable designs which respond to the environmental, functional, cultural, and aesthetical needs of today's architecture. This paper proposes a method for designing a family of deployable struct...

Large spatial requirements in both onshore and offshore necessitate the investigation of the structural suitability of Cable-supported pipe system (CSPS) for transmission of fluids. This paper presents a novel experimental setup and finite element modelling of...

BeTA_S pavilion is a 2.13m (7 ft) tall free-standing installation that employs biotensegrity logics characterized by networks of interconnected components and tendons with a shape adaptive capacity. The passively stable assembly responds to human touch through...

Origami structures have been widely used in various engineering fields due to their desirable properties such as geometric transformability and high specific energy absorption. Based on the Kresling origami pattern, this study proposes a type of thin-walled or...

Ruled surfaces are widely used for architectural forms, as diverse 3D shapes can be conveniently generated by the movement of a straight ruling. There is vast potential to create a rich variety of new architectural forms by introducing curved rulings into rule...

This paper presents the form finding and structural analysis of an active bending-pantographic bamboo space structure that integrates self-stressed active bending arches, tensile pantographic grids and supporting bipods. The structure was designed to roof an o...

This paper presents a novel, next-generation, cloud-native parametric and associative platform for digital knowledge, services and automation, and the rationalisation behind the development of and the need for this platform in relation to the history of comput...

The primary objective of the paper is to investigate the post buckled behaviour of the single-layered Kite geometry dome developed using a novel crystallographic parameterisation principle. Both triangulated and non-triangulated domes are evolved based on the ...

With the continuous development of prestressing technology, cables have been widely used in structural engineering. A special concern in practical engineering is selecting the appropriate cable force measurement technology. This paper analyzes and introduces t...

Active shaping and recovery are the important paths to reconfiguration and reuse of the structure, but only a few reconfiguration structures have been analyzed and explored, and their applicability also needs to be improved. Active shaping and recovery methods...

Hydraulic automatic climbing formwork equipment is widely used in super-high-rise building construction due to its advantages of simple operation, fast construction speed, low cost, and high automation. Quantitative calculation of the mechanical state of climb...

In order to analyze the buckling behavior of lattice shells stiffened by cables or slender braces without pre-tension, it is necessary to consider the no-compression property of braces. This paper proposes an innovative method of linear buckling analysis that ...