Alessandro Liuti
Building timber gridshells with air: Numerical simulations and technique challenges
Liuti, Alessandro; D'Amico, Bernardino; Pugnale, Alberto
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Paulo J S Cruz
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Abstract
Construction has always been a fascinating and challenging aspect of timber gridshells. So far, only three techniques have successfully been used for the erection of such structures: the so-called ‘lift-up’, ‘push-up’ and ‘ease-down’ (Quinn et al. 2015). Inflatable Membrane Technology is here proposed as a new solution and is tested by means of numerical simulations on a simple case study. As a matter of fact, IMT reduces the timber lath’s stress during erection and guarantees an optimal shape control. It also seems suitable to post-form more challenging gridshell geometries, but this aspect still deserves further investigations and experiments.
Citation
Liuti, A., D'Amico, B., & Pugnale, A. (2016, July). Building timber gridshells with air: Numerical simulations and technique challenges. Presented at International Conference Structures and Architecture 2016
Presentation Conference Type | Conference Paper (Published) |
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Conference Name | International Conference Structures and Architecture 2016 |
Start Date | Jul 27, 2016 |
End Date | Jul 29, 2016 |
Acceptance Date | Feb 15, 2016 |
Publication Date | Jul 11, 2016 |
Deposit Date | Aug 1, 2016 |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Book Title | Structures and Architecture: Beyond their Limits |
ISBN | 9781138026513 |
Keywords | Timber gridshells, Inflatable Membrane Technology, timber lathe stress, |
Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/322111 |
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