Civil Engineering and Architecture Vol. 7(3), pp. 65 - 74
DOI: 10.13189/cea.2019.070301
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Form-finding of Bionic Structures Using the Force Density Method and Topological Mapping

Anastasiia Moskaleva ^1,*, Manuel Alejandro Fernandez Ruiz ², Luisa María Gil Martín ³, Aleksandra Frolovskaia ⁴, Sergei Gerashchenko ⁵, Enrique Hernandez-Montes ^3
1 School of Architecture and Design, Siberian Federal University, Russia
² Department of Industrial and Civil Engineering, University of Cádiz, Spain
³ Department of Structural Mechanics, University of Granada, Spain
⁴ School of Engineering and Construction, Siberian Federal University, Russia
⁵ School of architecture and design, Siberian Federal University, Russia

ABSTRACT

This article presents the results of the application of a new form-finding tool for creating free-form compression-only shell structures. This tool is based on the force density method together with topological mapping. The great advantage of this design tool is that it unifies the creative process of design, form-finding, and analysis of the compression structure and allows creating well-conceived structures. The main advantage of the use of topological mapping is that no initial shape is needed but only the coordinates of the supports. The article presents the algorithm for generating compression structures using this powerful tool and a few resulting shells of different shape, span and material (steel-and-glass, concrete, Catalan vault) received using this algorithm.

KEYWORDS
Form-finding, Compression Structures, Force Density Method, Topological Mapping, Shell Structures

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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Anastasiia Moskaleva , Manuel Alejandro Fernandez Ruiz , Luisa María Gil Martín , Aleksandra Frolovskaia , Sergei Gerashchenko , Enrique Hernandez-Montes , "Form-finding of Bionic Structures Using the Force Density Method and Topological Mapping," Civil Engineering and Architecture, Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 65 - 74, 2019. DOI: 10.13189/cea.2019.070301.

(b). APA Format:
Anastasiia Moskaleva , Manuel Alejandro Fernandez Ruiz , Luisa María Gil Martín , Aleksandra Frolovskaia , Sergei Gerashchenko , Enrique Hernandez-Montes (2019). Form-finding of Bionic Structures Using the Force Density Method and Topological Mapping. Civil Engineering and Architecture, 7(3), 65 - 74. DOI: 10.13189/cea.2019.070301.