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SUMMARY:Sliceforms - Geometric structures from paper slices - Tim Watson
DTSTART:20170210T150000Z
DTEND:20170210T153000Z
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CONTACT:Karen Mitchell
DESCRIPTION:Borrowed from the world of arts and craft\, sliceforms are geo
 metric\, honeycomb-like structures constructed from interlocking planar sl
 ices assembled using a simple cut-and-slot technique. They may be volume-f
 illing\, which results in a 'metamaterial-like' solid\, or 'shell-like' to
  produce generalised gridshell structures. We have developed tools for the
  synthesis of a wide variety of designs using the Rhino/Grasshopper softwa
 re suite. \nWe are interested in the relationship between the emergent pro
 perties of these structures and the underlying structural architecture. In
  this session I will present our investigations into 'rotationally symmetr
 ic sliceforms' in which slices are arranged at regular intervals about a c
 entral axis. In particular\, this results in a surprising deployable behav
 iour whose kinematics we have modelled via a simple equivalent spherical m
 echanism.\n
LOCATION: Cambridge University Engineering Department\, LR6
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