2016/2017GraduateProjectsofAdvancedManufacturing

Booklization:DesignandOptimizationofBuildingbyBooksInformation:CharlieC.L.Wang(c.c.wang@tudelft.nl)RobScharff(r.b.n.scharff@tudelft.nl)Keywords:additivemanufacturing,books,shapeoptimization,masonrystructure

(Left:VoxelizationbasedLegolization[1];Right:Shapefabricatedbybookshttp://www.playingbythebook.net/2015/03/06/top-tips-on-building-with-books-and-a-big-thankyou/)IntroductionThestudentinvolvedinthisprojectisexpectedtodevelopnewmethodtoautomaticallyconvertaninput3Dmodelintoasequenceofplacingbooksforfabricatingtheshapesimilartotheinputmodel.Inthisproject,theshapeoptimizationtechniquewillbeadoptedtodeformtheinputmodelintoashapethatiseasiertobefabricatedbybooks.Themethodologyinfabricatingmodelsbylegoblocks[1]andthemethodologyforbuildingmasonry[2]willbestudiedtogenerateanewdesignmethodforthefabricationbybooks. ContextThemajorchallengeinthisprojectistoinvestigatethenewmethodologyoffabricatingashapebybooks.Thecollapseofblockscausedbygravitywillbeconsideredandincorporatedintotheconstraintsofshapeoptimization.ThisprojectispartofresearchtakenintheadvancedmanufacturinggroupinDEdepartment.YourAssignmentTostudythenewmethodologyandrealizethefabricationprocessonsomeprototypes.Fordetailinformation,pleasecontactRobScharfforCharlieWangdirectly.References[1]Sheng-JieLuo,YonghaoYue,Chun-KaiHuang,Yu-HuanChung,SeiImai,TomoyukiNishita,andBing-YuChen.“Legolization:OptimizingLEGODesigns”.ACMTransactionsonGraphics(TOG),Vol.34,No.6,p.222:1-p.222:12,2015.[2]EmilyWhiting,HijungShin,RobertWang,JohnOchsendorf,andFrédoDurand.2012.“Structuraloptimizationof3Dmasonrybuildings”.ACMTrans.Graph.31,6,Article159(November2012),11pages.