Form-finding of bending-active structures using kinematic constraints
Author(s): |
Juan Bessini
Carlos Lázaro Salvador Monleón |
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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: | In this paper we explore the possibility of doing form-finding in bending-active structures using kinematic constraints and geometrical design parameters. For that purpose, the problem of the elastica is studied analytically as the elemental solution for a bent rod. |