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SUMMARY:On the expressive language of info-graphic statics: analysis and d
 esign methods - Georgios-Spyridon Athanasopoulos\, PhD candidate
DTSTART:20180126T150000Z
DTEND:20180126T160000Z
UID:TALK99526@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Karen Mitchell
DESCRIPTION:Graphic statics offer alternative solutions for stress analysi
 s. Geometric operations provide\nvisualisation techniques for better under
 standing structures. We explore fundamental geometric\nconfigurations that
  can successfully export stress information. The emergence of the field da
 tes to\nthe Renaissance period where graphical solutions were used for str
 uctural calculations. The didactic\ncharacter of graphic statics to the tr
 aining of engineers and architects allowed for a more recent\ncomeback. Th
 roughout the past\, graphical methods would demand precise drawing skills.
  Today\,\ncomputer-aided design tools allow for direct implementation of g
 raphic statics procedures. This\nallows for adopting these techniques at t
 he early stages of the design process and thus the\nemployment can contrib
 ute to structural optimisation. We give a few examples of the so-called\n
 ‘Maxwell-Minkowski’ sum\, the ‘Corsican’ sum\, and the ‘deformed
  Maxwell-Williot diagram’. These\nare visual interpretations of vertical
  and horizontal equilibrium\, and the combinations of the form\ndiagram an
 d force polygons. We also explore how geometric re-alignments of force pol
 ygons can\nassist in the study of kinematics. We begin by applying our met
 hods on a two-dimensional truss\, we\nthen move to simple gridshell roofs.
  Finally\, we present a step-by-step design-and-analysis a formfinding\nme
 thod based on graphic statics. 
LOCATION: Cambridge University Engineering Department\, LT6
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