Computational form-finding of single-layer spatial structures: Constructing force diagrams with Vector-based Graphic Statics and guiding trails

Y Shen, JP Jasienski, PO Ohlbrock… - Automation in Construction, 2024 - Elsevier
This article extends the Vector-based Graphic Statics (VGS) computational framework to
design single-layer spatial (SLS) structures. It introduces a novel computational workflow …

Designing 3D-printed concrete structures with scaled fabrication models

Y Zhi, T Teng, M Akbarzadeh - Architectural Intelligence, 2024 - Springer
This article proposes using scaled fabrication models to assist the design research of 3D-
printed discrete concrete structures where full-scale fabrication tests are costly and time …

3D auxetic materials designed with algebraic polyhedral graphic statics

Y Lu, M Hablicsek, A Akbarzadeh… - Proceedings of IASS …, 2023 - ingentaconnect.com
Auxetic materials show unusual reaction behaviors under uni-axial compression or tension
forces. For instance, they contract perpendicular to the load direction under an applied …

Cellular Cosheaves, Graphic Statics, and Mechanics

Z Cooperband - 2024 - repository.upenn.edu
This dissertation develops cellular cosheaf theory for the analysis of physical structures. This
approach generalizes well known linear matrix methods to cosheaf homology. The core …

Generation of a compression-tension combined funicular polyhedral beam structure

H Chai, Y Lu, M Hablicsek… - Proceedings of IASS …, 2023 - ingentaconnect.com
This paper presents a robust form-finding method by implementing algebraic polyhedral
graphic statics to generate compression-tension combined beam structure. Compared to …

Parameterization of Maxwell-Cremona Diagram for Determining Forces in Elements of a Scissors Truss

VA Repin, AV Lukina, AA Strekalkin - Structural Mechanics of …, 2024 - journals.rudn.ru
An analysis of changing patterns of the values of member forces in a scissors truss,
depending on the position of connections of its lower chords to the upper chords, is …

PolyFrame 2

Y Lu, A Nejur, M Bernhard, M Akbari, M Hablicsek… - food4rhino.com
PolyFrame 2 is a geometry-based, structural form-finding plugin for Rhinoceros3d and
Grasshopper implementing polyhedron-based 3D graphic statics. Upgraded from …