The timber reciprocal frame designer: Free form design to production

Tom S. Godthelp; André J.M. Jorissen; Arjan P.H.W. Habraken; Rinus Roelofs

The timber reciprocal frame designer: Free form design to production

Tom S. Godthelp, André J.M. Jorissen, Arjan P.H.W. Habraken, Rinus Roelofs

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Abstract

The definition 'Reciprocal Frame' (RF) applies to structures that are feasible by means of circulating shear, compression or tension interactions between their constituent members. This relation indicates that beam depths and connections correlate to an RFs' structural geometry. Till date, a combination of RF form finding that regards both beam depths and structural design of connections has not yet been developed. Although researchers developed computational form finding methods to create geometrical solutions and described the global structural design, computational complexity may have prevented a direct inclusion of detailing in the overall RF design. This research presents a new RF form finding method that includes the structural design of beam dimensions and detailing. A parametric model to be referred to as 'The Timber Reciprocal Frame Designer' (RFD) is developed to design three- and four-member RF assemblies from any arbitrary NURBS surface. The RFD provides a practically verified tool in which designs can be produced by using industry standard machines stimulating structural designers to add RFs to their design pallet.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IASS Symposium 2019 - 60th Anniversary Symposium of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures; Structural Membranes 2019 - 9th International Conference on Textile Composites and Inflatable Structures, FORM and FORCE
Editors	Carlos Lazaro, Kai-Uwe Bletzinger, Eugenio Onate
Publisher	International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE)
Pages	2764-2771
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9788412110104
Publication status	Published - 2019
Event	IASS Symposium 2019 - 60th Anniversary Symposium of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures; Structural Membranes 2019 - 9th International Conference on Textile Composites and Inflatable Structures, FORM and FORCE - Barcelona, Spain Duration: 7 Oct 2019 → 10 Oct 2019

Conference

Conference	IASS Symposium 2019 - 60th Anniversary Symposium of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures; Structural Membranes 2019 - 9th International Conference on Textile Composites and Inflatable Structures, FORM and FORCE
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Barcelona
Period	7/10/19 → 10/10/19

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2019 by S: GABRIELE, F. MARMO, V. VARANO Published by the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS) with permission.

Keywords

Computational design
Form finding
Free form
Manufacturing
Reciprocal Frame
Timber detailing

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Godthelp, T. S., Jorissen, A. J. M., Habraken, A. P. H. W., & Roelofs, R. (2019). The timber reciprocal frame designer: Free form design to production. In C. Lazaro, K.-U. Bletzinger, & E. Onate (Eds.), IASS Symposium 2019 - 60th Anniversary Symposium of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures; Structural Membranes 2019 - 9th International Conference on Textile Composites and Inflatable Structures, FORM and FORCE (pp. 2764-2771). International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE).

Godthelp, Tom S. ; Jorissen, André J.M. ; Habraken, Arjan P.H.W. et al. / The timber reciprocal frame designer : Free form design to production. IASS Symposium 2019 - 60th Anniversary Symposium of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures; Structural Membranes 2019 - 9th International Conference on Textile Composites and Inflatable Structures, FORM and FORCE. editor / Carlos Lazaro ; Kai-Uwe Bletzinger ; Eugenio Onate. International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), 2019. pp. 2764-2771

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Godthelp, TS, Jorissen, AJM, Habraken, APHW & Roelofs, R 2019, The timber reciprocal frame designer: Free form design to production. in C Lazaro, K-U Bletzinger & E Onate (eds), IASS Symposium 2019 - 60th Anniversary Symposium of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures; Structural Membranes 2019 - 9th International Conference on Textile Composites and Inflatable Structures, FORM and FORCE. International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), pp. 2764-2771, IASS Symposium 2019 - 60th Anniversary Symposium of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures; Structural Membranes 2019 - 9th International Conference on Textile Composites and Inflatable Structures, FORM and FORCE, Barcelona, Spain, 7/10/19.

The timber reciprocal frame designer: Free form design to production. / Godthelp, Tom S.; Jorissen, André J.M.; Habraken, Arjan P.H.W. et al.
IASS Symposium 2019 - 60th Anniversary Symposium of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures; Structural Membranes 2019 - 9th International Conference on Textile Composites and Inflatable Structures, FORM and FORCE. ed. / Carlos Lazaro; Kai-Uwe Bletzinger; Eugenio Onate. International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE), 2019. p. 2764-2771.

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