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Smooth Poly-hypar Surface Structures: Freeform Shells Based on Combinations of Hyperbolic Paraboloids.
| Title: | Smooth Poly-hypar Surface Structures: Freeform Shells Based on Combinations of Hyperbolic Paraboloids. |
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| Authors: | Cao, Ting, Kotnik, Toni, Schwartz, Joseph |
| Source: | Nexus Network Journal: Architecture & Mathematics; Jun2023, Vol. 25 Issue 2, p439-463, 25p |
| Abstract: | This article presents a new approach to the design of freeform shells: smooth poly-hypar surface structures. As combinations of hyperbolic paraboloids (hypars), smooth poly-hypar surfaces are ruled locally while globally appearing to be continuous freeform. The double curvature of the individual hypar modules and the smooth connections (G1 degree) between them ensure global bending-free structural behavior, while the ruled geometrical property of these surfaces allows the relatively low cost of construction. In this article, the structural performance of smooth poly-hypar surface is calculated on two levels with vactor-based graphic statics: the distribution of internal forces within an individual hypar, and the combination of hypars. It also defines two geometrical constraints of a smooth poly-hypar surface—the coplanarity principle and load paths—which ensure the visual smoothness of the surface and limit only membrane forces transmitted within the global surface. Moreover, several built case studies are presented as applications of smooth poly-hypar surfaces in architectural design, which also show the ease of construction of this new type of double-curved freeform surface structures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Subject Terms: | SURFACE structure, PARABOLOID, GEOMETRIC surfaces, ARCHITECTURAL design, SURFACE roughness |
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| ISSN: | 15905896 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00004-022-00624-w |
| Database: | Complementary Index |