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Starre Faltungen als Leichtbauprinzip im Bauwesen

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Medium: journal article
Language(s): German
Published in: Bautechnik, , n. 2, v. 88
Page(s): 80-85
DOI: 10.1002/bate.201110007
Abstract:

Rigid Folded Plate Construction as a Principle for Lightweight Buildings.

The term "Rigid Folded Plate Construction" refers to conventional folded plate structures made of concrete as well as to applications of the morphological principle of folding as they are represented by thin-walled-structures like Geodesic Domes. Their facetted triangular elements on one hand form the geometrical basic elements of a regularly, mathematically defined body and on the other hand the structural components of a lightweight construction system.
Based on modern computer methods irregular free-form-surfaces can also be generated independently from mathematical-functional descriptions. These surfaces may be provided with different folding patterns, depending on the design or the requirements due to the façade engineering or static behavior. Those folded structures can be geometrically described down to the individual element and detailed out in different materials. This way rigid folded plate construction represents a principle of lightweight construction for free form facades and structures opening new and still unexplored structural dimensions.

Keywords:
structural design sustainability joints thin sheet form finding folding form finding folded plate metal spatial structure lightweight construction system joining technology free form geometries
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