Statics Aware Grid Shells

dc.contributor.authorPietroni, Nicoen_US
dc.contributor.authorTonelli, Davideen_US
dc.contributor.authorPuppo, Enricoen_US
dc.contributor.authorFroli, Maurizioen_US
dc.contributor.authorScopigno, Robertoen_US
dc.contributor.authorCignoni, Paoloen_US
dc.contributor.editorOlga Sorkine-Hornung and Michael Wimmeren_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-04-16T07:46:14Z
dc.date.available2015-04-16T07:46:14Z
dc.date.issued2015en_US
dc.description.abstractWe introduce a framework for the generation of polygonal grid-shell architectural structures, whose topology is designed in order to excel in static performances. We start from the analysis of stress on the input surface and we use the resulting tensor field to induce an anisotropic non-Euclidean metric over it. This metric is derived by studying the relation between the stress tensor over a continuous shell and the optimal shape of polygons in a corresponding grid-shell. Polygonal meshes with uniform density and isotropic cells under this metric exhibit variable density and anisotropy in Euclidean space, thus achieving a better distribution of the strain energy over their elements. Meshes are further optimized taking into account symmetry and regularity of cells to improve aesthetics. We experiment with quad meshes and hex-dominant meshes, demonstrating that our grid-shells achieve better static performances than state-of-the-art grid-shells.en_US
dc.description.number2en_US
dc.description.sectionheadersSplines & Meshesen_US
dc.description.seriesinformationComputer Graphics Forumen_US
dc.description.volume34en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/cgf.12590en_US
dc.identifier.pages627-641en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.12590en_US
dc.publisherThe Eurographics Association and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.en_US
dc.subjectI.3.3 [Computer Graphics]en_US
dc.subjectPicture/Image Generationen_US
dc.subjectLine and curve generationen_US
dc.titleStatics Aware Grid Shellsen_US
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