Generation Process and Analysis of Innovative Timberfabric Vaults

Autor(en):	Etienne Albenque Markus Hudert Laurent Humbert Yves Weinand
Medium:	Fachartikel
Sprache(n):	Englisch
Veröffentlicht in:	Structural Engineering International, Mai 2014, n. 2, v. 24
Seite(n):	254-264
DOI:	10.2749/101686614x13830790993285
Abstrakt:	Timberfabric structures, developed at IBOIS, are a new family of timber constructions based on the logic and principles of man-made fabrics. Modular elements called “timberfabric modules” are generated by curving and connecting two thin wooden panels. This paper concerns the study of vaults obtained by assembling together several timberfabric modules. A parametric tool is presented which can generate automatically a three-dimensional (3D) finite element model of a structure for a given set of initial parameters. This tool assists the architectural design of such structures, providing insights into their geometry as well as into the construction stresses and the kinematic constraints between different constitutive elements.

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