The global equilibrium of hypar-combined shell based on the method of graphic statics
Author(s): |
Ting Cao
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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: | This PhD research attempts to develop a form-making method based on hypars, which could involve structural thinking from the beginning of design process. This paper only focuses on one type of possible hypar-combined results – shells with continuously varying double curvatures. |