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SUMMARY:Form and Structure - Sigrid Adriaenssens\, Princeton University
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CONTACT:Mishael Nuh
DESCRIPTION:By 2050\, 70% of the world’s population will live in cities.
  Structural engineers envision\, design and construct structures that thos
 e city dwellers depend on daily. The construction industry is one of most 
 resource-intensive sectors\, and yet our urban infrastructure continues to
  be built in the massive tradition in which strength is pursued through ma
 terial mass. In contrast\, we\, at the Form Finding Lab at Princeton Unive
 rsity\, have focused our research on structural systems that derive their 
 performance from their curved shape\, dictated by the flow of forces. As a
  result\, these structures can be extremely thin\, cost-effective\, and ha
 ve a smaller carbon footprint. Our core research question is ‘What is th
 e relationship between form and efficiency in civil-scale structures?’. 
 Shells\, membranes\, and rod networks exhibit fascinating mechanical behav
 iors because geometric nonlinearities arise even when their material prope
 rties are linear. Their shape and topology give them properties beyond wha
 t is possible with conventional structural systems. In this talk\, we outl
 ine how we discovered\, studied\, designed and even built large-scale stru
 ctural surfaces that can efficiently carry extreme loading\, self-assemble
 \, adjust their stiffnesses\, elastically shift from one shape to another\
 , or amplify motion.
LOCATION:CivEng Seminar Room (1-33) (Civil Engineering Building)
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