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Geometry and Parametric modeling in the Conceptual Design of Bridges

 Geometry and Parametric modeling in the Conceptual Design of Bridges
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Presented at IABSE Conference: Structural Engineering: Providing Solutions to Global Challenges, Geneva, Switzerland, September 2015, published in , pp. 433-442
DOI: 10.2749/222137815818357403
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Parametric techniques are developing as an agile tool in both civil engineering and architectural design. What is especially powerful is the ability of these softwares to relate and iterate through...
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Author(s): (FHECOR Consulting Engineers, Madrid, Spain)
(HafenCity University, Hamburg, Germany)
(School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture, University of British Columbia.)
Medium: conference paper
Language(s): English
Conference: IABSE Conference: Structural Engineering: Providing Solutions to Global Challenges, Geneva, Switzerland, September 2015
Published in:
Page(s): 433-442 Total no. of pages: 10
Page(s): 433-442
Total no. of pages: 10
Year: 2015
DOI: 10.2749/222137815818357403
Abstract:

Parametric techniques are developing as an agile tool in both civil engineering and architectural design. What is especially powerful is the ability of these softwares to relate and iterate through multiple options with minimal effort. The tools that combine a parametric definition of the bridge with a 3D graphic and a FEM model gives the designer the opportunity to analyse instantaneously, the effect in the variation of the variable parameters in terms of visual appearance as well as structural behaviour simultaneously. Therefore parametric design is a valuable tool in the conceptual design phase where the geometric decisions made are the most structurally and architecturally impactful.

Keywords:
bridges parametric design optimization conceptual design