Discrete elastica model for shape design of grid shells
Author(s): |
Yusuke Sakai
Makoto Ohsaki |
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Medium: | conference paper |
Language(s): | English |
Conference: | Interfaces: Architecture, Engineering, Science, Annual Meeting of the International Association of Shell & Spatial Structures (IASS), Hamburg, 25-27 September 2017 |
Published in: | Interfaces: Architecture . Engineering . Science |
Year: | 2017 |
Abstract: | A grid shell is designed by bending beams connected by hinge joints. This paper presents an approach to designing grid shell structures made of steel or wood, considering them as an assembly of discretized piecewise linear curves, which are called ‘discrete elastica'. |