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SUMMARY:Extraordinary Mechanics in Structures - Sigrid Adriaenssens\, Prin
 ceton University 
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CONTACT:Jamie Clarkson
DESCRIPTION:Abstract\n\nStructural engineers have made significant strides
  in exploiting forms to enclose three-dimensional spaces\, provide shelter
 \, or bridge two‐dimensional voids\, such as water and roadways. In the 
 absence of numerical prediction methods\, they initially resorted to analy
 tical theories to establish a good enough structural form. Pier Luigi Nerv
 i\, structural engineer\, and designer of the exquisite Little Sports Pala
 ce (Rome\, Italy\, 1958)\, stated: ‘Resistance due to form\, although th
 e most efficient and the most common type of resistance to be found in nat
 ure\, has not yet built in our minds those subconscious intuitions which a
 re the basis for our structural schemes and realizations’ [1]. I place m
 y scholarship in this force‐modelled form tradition and focus on the adv
 ancement of analytical and computational approaches to predict and design 
 the overall properties\, stability\, and failure of structural surfaces. I
  am interested in shells\, membranes\, and rod networks because they exhib
 it fascinating mechanical behaviours. I will talk about how we discovered\
 , studied\, designed\, and built surfaces that efficiently carry extreme l
 oading\, self-lock\, adjust their stiffnesses\, morph shape\, or amplify m
 otion. We have used these extraordinary mechanics to innovate systems rang
 ing from macro-scale adaptive shading devices to medium-scale robotically 
 constructed waste-free vaults and large-scale storm surge barriers.\n\n[1]
    P. Nervi\, Costruire Correttamente\, Milan: Ulrico Hoepli\, 1955\n\n\nJ
 oin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://eng-cam.zoom.us/j/83729338532 \n\nMeeting ID: 83
 7 2933 8532\n\n
LOCATION:CivEng Seminar Room (1-33) (Civil Engineering Building)
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