parametric tensegrity model

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Permalink Reply by Michael van Telgen on April 19, 2013 at 2:08am

Hi, I'm studying subjects like tensegrity, Light-weight structures and parametric designing as well. You might find my thesis video's interesting:

 

http://www.vantelgen.nl/graduation_film1.html

 

Can you explain what you mean with 'environmently responsive units'?

 

Hope it helps,

Michael

Permalink Reply by sima almasri on April 19, 2013 at 8:44am

hey ,my project is a skyscraper made of tensegrity units that change as if growing or adapting to the sun light , so am trying to change the height of the struts and test if the structure staus stable under this certain change. therefore am computing the stability of the structure under certain changes in the height a i said and therefore in the degree of orientation 

can u help me set up a stability test that would calculate these changes

thanks 

sima

Permalink Reply by sima almasri on April 19, 2013 at 8:56am

the variables would be the height of the rod , the thickness of them and the live & dead load 

constants would be the base dimensions 

changes affect the tension in the network

Permalink Reply by Michael van Telgen on April 19, 2013 at 9:22am

Hi,

A tensegrity skyscraper seems an interesting idea, I’m certainly interested in finding out how this could work, so in any case, please keep me (us) posted.

Is it possible for you to make a drawing of what you would like to build? Which type of tensegrity will you base the model on (i.e. three struts (simplex), four struts, and so forth)?

I won’t be able to help you set up your model. I simply don't have the time. However, if you have specific tensegrity related questions, post them here, and I’ll try to shed some light on the issues.

By the way, what is your architectural background? Are  you an architect or a structural engineer?

Regards,

Michael

Permalink Reply by sima almasri on April 19, 2013 at 9:46am

hey ,

i posted some photos of wat i have in mind and how i got inspired by the body skeletal system including the tendons and muscles, actually thats how i got to learn about tensegrity,i also posted a rhino file that i should start working on.my skyscraper is a three strut. Am a third year architecture student . I take computational design ,and i took a course in parametric design as well. I dunno if my idea is too complicated but its surely conceptual

Permalink Reply by sima almasri on April 19, 2013 at 10:00am

give me few minutes cuz uploading them takes time

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Permalink Reply by sima almasri on April 21, 2013 at 10:23am

hiii , can u please explain to me how u used oasys for the structural analysis , can u please send me some parts of the definition that might help me 

Permalink Reply by Michael van Telgen on April 21, 2013 at 11:23am

That's a very broad question, can you be more specific?

I cannot help you with building your definition, I simply don't have the time.

Regards,

Michael