Simulation for Design

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ESR09- SIMULATING CONCRETE FORMWORK

ESR09- SIMULATING CONCRETE FORMWORK

The PhD student will investigate and develop methods for the simulation of formwork in architecture. This will entail research into the transformation between states of fluidity and solidity germane to casting, the dynamic relationship between casting material, formwork and environmental factors, and the architectural possibilities and consequences.

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ESR08- VIRTUAL PROTOTYPING FRP

ESR08- VIRTUAL PROTOTYPING FRP

Current practice uses digital fabrication technologies to optimise standardised fabrication processes. Often accompanied by trial-and-error approaches, the limits of digital fabrication methods are quickly reached without a thorough understanding of the strength and limits of the forming processes and the materials.

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ESR07- GEOMETRY-INDUCED VARIABLE STIFFNESS STRUCTURES

ESR07- GEOMETRY-INDUCED VARIABLE STIFFNESS STRUCTURES

Load bearing structures generally show preferred directions for channelling internal forces that depend on geometry and prevailing support conditions (anisotropy). Current material practice does not take advantage of anisotropic material properties.

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ESR06- MULTI SCALAR MODELLING FOR BUILDING DESIGN

ESR06- MULTI SCALAR MODELLING FOR BUILDING DESIGN

Industrial Partners: Buro Happold, designtoproduction. Investigating multi scale modelling principles for architectural design. Multi-scale modelling is an interdisciplinary research topic in which systems are modelled at multiple scales and interfaced enabling the modelling of low scale systems to parametrisise and inform high scale systems . The project investigates multi scalar modelling as a means to support iterative build-up of knowledge in the design process in which highly specified material simulations interface with open ended design models.

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