Bending-Active Bundled Structures: Preliminary Research and Taxonomy Towards an Ultra-Light Weight Architecture of Differentiated Components (2013)
article⁄Bending-Active Bundled Structures: Preliminary Research and Taxonomy Towards an Ultra-Light Weight Architecture of Differentiated Components (2013)
abstract⁄This paper documents preliminary research into a bendingactive architecture that leverages the ‘bundling’ of linear forceactive elements in order to create spatial diversity and differentiation.The primary design components of the system are lightweight GFRP rods and tubes that perform well in elastic bending. Material testing and iterative physical model studies are documented, and provide a framework to guide the further development of emerging springbased computation methods. Challenges to the system include the analysis and resolution of rodtorod bundled connections, as well as the development of predictable bifurcation and crossing unions. The paperidentifies key precedents to the work followed by a brief summary of the material selection and testing framework. A speculative taxonomy of bundled bendingactive ’types’ is proposed and supported by examples and prototypes.
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2013 |
| Authors |
Bessai, Tom. |
| Issue |
ACADIA 13: Adaptive Architecture |
| Pages |
293-300 |
| Library link |
N/A |
| Entry filename |
bending-active-bundled-structures |
