Structural Optimization and Digital Fabrication of Timber Beams
| Author(s): |
Paul Mayencourt
Caitlin Mueller |
|---|---|
| Medium: | conference paper |
| Language(s): | English |
| Conference: | IABSE Conference: Creativity and Collaboration – Instilling Imagination and Innovation in Structural Design, Bath, United Kingdom, 19-20 April 2017 |
| Published in: | IABSE Conference Bath, April 19-20, 2017 |
| Page(s): | 153-154 |
| Year: | 2017 |
| DOI: | 10.2749/222137817821232856 |
| Abstract: |
This paper looks at the geometry optimization of simply supported timber beams with a solid section, governed by weight minimization and fabrication constraints. The preliminary computational results show a structural weight reduction up to 44% of the initial weight for a rectangular prismatic beam with the same load capacity. Optimized and designed using digital tools, that shape was then milled out of timber and load tested. |
| Keywords: |
structural optimization timber structures digital fabrication
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