Exploring mechanical meta-material structures through personalised shoe sole design

Davide Jose Nogueira Amorim; Troy Nachtigall; Miguel Bruns Alonso

doi:10.1145/3328939.3329001

Exploring mechanical meta-material structures through personalised shoe sole design

Davide Jose Nogueira Amorim
, Troy Nachtigall
, Miguel Bruns Alonso

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Abstract

Mechanical meta-material structures (MMS) are designed structures with mechanical properties not found in ordinary materials. MMS can now be created far more easily using digital manufacturing. We explore how different MMS can be combined, through the design of a shoe sole. Thereby showing the potential of using MMS to create personalized and sustainable footwear. We analysed the phenomenon of foot deformation and mapped different structures with different behaviours to meet the needs of different feet. Consequently, a shoe sole was generated by an algorithm and 3D printed in one single material with multiple properties (e.g. stiff and soft) and responsive behaviour, making it easy to recycle. We report the design phases which required using six types of software. Our findings reflect the complexity of this process given the limited availability of software tools that support it. We conclude with a list of requirements regarding tools to further explore MMS.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings
Subtitle of host publication	SCF 2019 - ACM Symposium on Computational Fabrication
Editors	Stephen N. Spencer
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc.
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4503-6795-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3328939.3329001
Publication status	Published - 16 Jun 2019
Event	2019 ACM Symposium on Computational Fabrication, SCF 2019 - Pittsburgh, United States Duration: 16 Jun 2019 → 18 Jun 2019

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Conference	2019 ACM Symposium on Computational Fabrication, SCF 2019
Country/Territory	United States
City	Pittsburgh
Period	16/06/19 → 18/06/19

Keywords

Digital manufacturing
Footwear
Generative design
Mechanical meta-material structures
Shape change

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Amorim, DJN, Nachtigall, T & Bruns Alonso, M 2019, Exploring mechanical meta-material structures through personalised shoe sole design. in SN Spencer (ed.), Proceedings: SCF 2019 - ACM Symposium on Computational Fabrication., 2, Association for Computing Machinery, Inc., New York, 2019 ACM Symposium on Computational Fabrication, SCF 2019, Pittsburgh, United States, 16/06/19. https://doi.org/10.1145/3328939.3329001

Exploring mechanical meta-material structures through personalised shoe sole design. / Amorim, Davide Jose Nogueira; Nachtigall, Troy ; Bruns Alonso, Miguel.
Proceedings: SCF 2019 - ACM Symposium on Computational Fabrication. ed. / Stephen N. Spencer. New York: Association for Computing Machinery, Inc., 2019. 2.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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