Case Studies in Topological Design and Optimization of Additively Manufactured Cable-nets

Tish, D; McGee, W; Schork, T; Thün, G; Velikov, K

Case Studies in Topological Design and Optimization of Additively Manufactured Cable-nets

Tish, D

McGee, W Schork, T

Thün, G Velikov, K

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Citation:: Structures, 2019, 18 pp. 83 - 90
Issue Date:: 2019-04-01

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dc.contributor.author	Tish, D https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3776-9748	en_US
dc.contributor.author	McGee, W	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Schork, T https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4583-2439	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Thün, G	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Velikov, K	en_US
dc.date.available	2020-05-25T19:04:07Z
dc.date.issued	2019-04-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Structures, 2019, 18 pp. 83 - 90	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/131895
dc.description.abstract	© 2018 Institution of Structural Engineers Advances in additive manufacturing technologies have availed new modes of design and production across the design and engineering disciplines. While lightweight cable-net structures have long captured the imagination of engineers and architects, there has so far been little research on the opportunities afforded by large-scale additive manufacturing of cable-net structures for form-active or performative tensile surfaces. Additive manufacturing opens up the possibility of manufacturing tensile surfaces beyond knitted, woven nets, or mechanically fastened nets, and expands the types of materials that can be used in such systems. This paper discusses research in novel approaches to the topological design and optimization of cable-nets enabled by the additive manufacturing of elastomeric materials. Through three realized case studies, the topological structure is used to determine the formal, behavioral, and performance-based properties of the cable-net system. This is achieved through the reorientation of a standard quad-grid topology, through a material programming method that embeds non-natural three-dimensional forms into two-dimensional patterns, and through a new meso-scale density-based topological optimization method.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Structures	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.istruc.2018.11.002	en_US
dc.title	Case Studies in Topological Design and Optimization of Additively Manufactured Cable-nets	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	18	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building/School of Architecture
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Abstract:

© 2018 Institution of Structural Engineers Advances in additive manufacturing technologies have availed new modes of design and production across the design and engineering disciplines. While lightweight cable-net structures have long captured the imagination of engineers and architects, there has so far been little research on the opportunities afforded by large-scale additive manufacturing of cable-net structures for form-active or performative tensile surfaces. Additive manufacturing opens up the possibility of manufacturing tensile surfaces beyond knitted, woven nets, or mechanically fastened nets, and expands the types of materials that can be used in such systems. This paper discusses research in novel approaches to the topological design and optimization of cable-nets enabled by the additive manufacturing of elastomeric materials. Through three realized case studies, the topological structure is used to determine the formal, behavioral, and performance-based properties of the cable-net system. This is achieved through the reorientation of a standard quad-grid topology, through a material programming method that embeds non-natural three-dimensional forms into two-dimensional patterns, and through a new meso-scale density-based topological optimization method.

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