Masoud Akbarzadeh

Polyhedral Graphical Statics

For Funicular Structural Form Finding

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Produktbeschreibung

This introduction to the Polyhedral Graphic Statics method explains how the geometry-based approach can be used to design efficient structural forms. For designers passionate about structurally efficient design concepts, as well as researchers and professionals across Architecture, Structural and Mechanical Engineering and Material Science.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 614
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108494731
• ISBN-10: 1108494730
• Artikelnr.: 72111052

Autorenporträt

Masoud Akbarzadeh is an Assistant Professor of Architecture in Structures and Building Technologies and the Director of the Polyhedral Structures Laboratory (PSL). In 2020, he received the National Science Foundation CAREER Award to extend the methods of 3D/Polyhedral Graphic Statics for Education, Design, and Optimization of High-Performance Structures.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
A brief history
1. Equilibrium of a single node
2. Equilibrium of a system of forces
3. Compression-only form finding
4. Designing the force diagrams for articulated compression only forms
5. Systems with combined tensions and compression
6. Geometric degrees of freedom and statically indeterminate funicular networks
7. Algebraic formulation for polyhedral graphic statics
8. Broader applications of polyhedral graphic statics.