Case Study

This generic tool is used for an actual parametric study on shading devices to explore the behavior of some doubly curved shells actuated by two linear jacks. The idea is to indentify new kinds of shading panels that can lead to a better shading efficiency to increase buildings environmental performance.

  1. The parametric design space is modeled as a multidimensional grid with Ivy
  2. Shapes are generated within Grasshopper over the geometry subspace
  3. Load cases are generated within Grasshopper over the actuation subspace
  4. Input files for Abaqus are generated simultaneously within Grasshopper
  5. Analysis are batch rendered in Abaqus (this process can be triggered within Grasshopper)
  6. Results are collected in a SQLite database
  7. Results are loaded back into Grasshopper to be browsed, interpolated, visualized and analyzed

Asymmetric Actuation

Influence of shell's curvatures for different asymmetric loads applied with 2 crossing linear actuators
Figure 1 : Influence of shell's curvatures for different asymmetric loads applied with 2 crossing linear actuators

Symmetric Actuation

Influence of shell's curvatures for different symmetric loads applied with 2 crossing linear actuators
Figure 2 : Influence of shell's curvatures for different symmetric loads applied with 2 crossing linear actuators

Structural Analysis

left only actuation
Figure 3 : left only actuation
right only actuation
Figure 4 : right only actuation
symmetric rigth-left actuation leading to an up-down movement
Figure 5 : symmetric rigth-left actuation leading to an up-down movement
combined actuation leading to a combined movement
Figure 6 : combined actuation leading to a combined movement

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