A Computational Tool for the Analysis of 3D Bending-active Structures Based on the Dynamic Relaxation Method

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dc.contributor.authorManolas, Iasonen_US
dc.contributor.authorLaccone, Francescoen_US
dc.contributor.authorCherchi, Gianmarcoen_US
dc.contributor.authorMalomo, Luigien_US
dc.contributor.authorCignoni, Paoloen_US
dc.contributor.editorCabiddu, Danielaen_US
dc.contributor.editorSchneider, Teseoen_US
dc.contributor.editorAllegra, Darioen_US
dc.contributor.editorCatalano, Chiara Evaen_US
dc.contributor.editorCherchi, Gianmarcoen_US
dc.contributor.editorScateni, Riccardoen_US
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-08T11:44:41Z
dc.date.available2022-11-08T11:44:41Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThe use of elastic deformation of straight or flat structural components for achieving complex 3D shapes has acquired attention from recent computational design works, particularly in architectural geometry. The so-called bending-active structures are built by deforming and restraining the components mutually to form a stable configuration. While the manufacturing of components from flat raw material and their assembly are simple and inexpensive, the complexity lies in the design phase, in which computational tools are required to predict the deformation and forces under a prescribed form-finding load or displacement. Currently, there is a scarcity of open and efficient tools that hinder the design of bending-active structures. This paper proposes and validates an open-source computational tool for predicting the static equilibrium of general bending-active structures in the form of a network of elements using the dynamic relaxation method. We apply our tool to various real-world examples and compare the results to a commercial FEM solver. The proposed tool shows accuracy and good time performance, making it a significant addition to the available open-source structural engineering toolkit.en_US
dc.description.sectionheadersSoftware and Datasets
dc.description.seriesinformationSmart Tools and Applications in Graphics - Eurographics Italian Chapter Conference
dc.identifier.doi10.2312/stag.20221250
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-03868-191-5
dc.identifier.issn2617-4855
dc.identifier.pages1-9
dc.identifier.pages9 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.2312/stag.20221250
dc.identifier.urihttps://diglib.eg.org:443/handle/10.2312/stag20221250
dc.publisherThe Eurographics Associationen_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International License
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.titleA Computational Tool for the Analysis of 3D Bending-active Structures Based on the Dynamic Relaxation Methoden_US
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