DIS WORKSHOP_ Folding and Counter Balance

Nohelia Gonzalez — Mon, 09 Mar 2015 12:25:39 +0000

The design idea was based on generating a shell cantilever structure with minimal foot print. For achieving this purpose multiple configuration were explored as an evolution, where each iteration was informed by the previous one. The final piece consisted in a folded structure, where the material thickness (counter balance), type and density of folds responded to local needs detected using Karamba.

Team: Ji Won Jun / Ninanda Kashyap / Nohelia Gonzalez / Matteo Silverio

Assignment 3_ Team 3

Nohelia Gonzalez — Sun, 15 Feb 2015 20:35:29 +0000

Team members: Ninada Kashyap / Nohelia Gonzalez

Exercise 2_Team 3

Nohelia Gonzalez — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 19:46:19 +0000

Data in terms of structure. Part 1_STADSBALKON GRONINGEN

Nohelia Gonzalez — Sat, 31 Jan 2015 14:51:27 +0000

Data in terms of structure. Part 2_TEAM 3

Nohelia Gonzalez — Sat, 31 Jan 2015 14:45:28 +0000

Parameter change – Height of beams, upper thicness and lower thickness

UTILIZATION

(deformation value: 1)

By increasing the height of the beams in the grid, the performance of the structures improves significantly. Adding thickness to the upper layer, although enhances the efficiency of that specific layer, it adds more weight to the structure, making the lower layer to fail., it only adds weight.

By the other hand, heighten the thickness of the lower layer, and keeping a medium value for the upper layer, the structure performance is seen highly improved.

This can be explained because the specific shape of the structure and the positions of the supports creates a lot of tension that the upper layer, which work on compression does not solve, so the material addition has to be invested for resisting tension.

DISPLACEMENT

(Deformation value: 1)

Regarding displacement, the height of the beams, as on utilization, enhances the performance. Moreover, upper and lower thickness does not seams to affect considerably the displacement values, although slightly greater deformations can be seen on lower parameters. Therefore, the deformation on the anticlastic portion of the structure can be solved by increasing the distance between the compression and tension area, which means, increasing the height of beams.

In conclusion, since the structure performance is mostly on tension, for box crossed section and for the specific structure, the most important parameters seems to be the lower thickness and the height of the beams.

Parameter change – Diameter and Thickness of the circular cross section

In each case we’ve changed the diameter and the thickness of the circular cross section.

Conclusion

We can see that with decreasing values of the diameter and thickness of the circular cross section beam, the instability in the structure increases and there will be more deformation. The strength decreses

Parameter change – No of supports

In each case we’ve changed the number of supports from 12 to 6