Topology Optimisation is a broad concept deemed to encapsulate different processes for
computationally determining structural materials optimal layouts. Among such techniques …

Shape grammars allow a designer to explore a diverse and broad design space. Especially
among architects and engineers, the opportunity to evaluate numerous alternatives in the …

Performance-driven generative design methods are capable of producing concepts and
stimulating solutions based on robust and rigorous models of design conditions and …

The envelope shape, the most salient design characteristic in a building, has significant
influence on its energy performance. However, in the early design stages, when the …

As the field of design automation and generative design systems (GDS) evolve, more
emphasis is placed on issues of design evaluation. This paper focus on the presentation of …

With an emphasis on real-world problems, this book reviews the basics of optimization of
frame structures such as trusses, building frames, and long-span trusses. It introduces …

Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) professionals typically generate and
analyze very few design alternatives during the conceptual stage of a project. One primary …

Recent progress in additive manufacturing (AM) allows for printing customized products with
multiple materials and complex geometries that could form the basis of multimaterial designs …

This work proposes a nodal‐based evolutionary design optimization algorithm to design
frame structures whose edges are the Delaunay triangulation of homogeneously distributed …

A simulated model was developed in order to design and simulate the mechanical
properties of a cantilever beam creep testing rig for a full‐scale size crossarm in …