TY - CHAP A1 - Asayama, Shuichi A1 - Mae, Toshifumi T1 - Fractal Truss Structure and Automatic Form Generation Using Iterated Function System N2 - This paper describes a couple of new truss structures based on fractal geometry. One is the famous Sierpinski Gasket and another is a fractal triangle derived by means of applying a process forming leaves of a cedar tree using M. F. Barnsley’s contraction mapping theory. Therefore a pair of x-y coordinates of an arbitrary nodal point on the structures are generated easily if IFS(Iterated Function System) codes and a scale of them are specified. Structural members are defined similarly. Thus data for frame analysis can be generated automatically, which is significant if the objective structure has complex configuration. Next analytical results under vertical and wind loadings in Japanese Building Code are shown. Here members are assumed to be timber and to have cross section of 15cm×15cm. Finally authors conclude that geometrically new truss structures were developed and automatic data generation for frame analysis was attained using IFS. Analytical results show they contribute to saving material when compared it with King-post truss. KW - Konzipieren KW - Bauwerk KW - Fraktal Y1 - 2004 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20111215-1046 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Al Diab, Ali A1 - Henry, Eric A1 - Boulemia, Cherif T1 - A concerted and multi-criterion approach for helping to choose a Structure- Foundation system of building N2 - The research of the best building design requires a concerted design approach of both structure and foundation. Our work is an application of this approach. Our objective is also to create an interactive tool, which will be able to define, at the early design stages, the orientations of structure and foundation systems that satisfy as well as possible the client and the architect. If the concerns of these two actors are primarily technical and economical, they also wish to apprehend the environmental and social dimensions of their projects. Thus, this approach bases on alternative studies and on a multi-criterion analysis. In this paper, we present the context of our work, the problem formulation, which allows a concerted design of Structure and Foundation systems and the feasible solutions identifying process. KW - Bauwerk KW - Gründung KW - CAD KW - Entscheidung bei mehrfacher Zielsetzung KW - Early design stage KW - building KW - foundation KW - multi-criterion analysis KW - decision making Y1 - 2003 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20111215-2732 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Abrahamczyk, Lars A1 - Uzair, Aanis T1 - On the use of climate models for estimating the non-stationary characteristic values of climatic actions in civil engineering practice JF - Frontiers in Built Environment N2 - The characteristic values of climatic actions in current structural design codes are based on a specified probability of exceedance during the design working life of a structure. These values are traditionally determined from the past observation data under a stationary climate assumption. However, this assumption becomes invalid in the context of climate change, where the frequency and intensity of climatic extremes varies with respect to time. This paper presents a methodology to calculate the non-stationary characteristic values using state of the art climate model projections. The non-stationary characteristic values are calculated in compliance with the requirements of structural design codes by forming quasi-stationary windows of the entire bias-corrected climate model data. Three approaches for the calculation of non-stationary characteristic values considering the design working life of a structure are compared and their consequences on exceedance probability are discussed. KW - Klimaänderung KW - Bauwerk KW - climate change KW - climate models KW - extreme value analysis KW - characteristic value KW - OA-Publikationsfonds2023 Y1 - 2023 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20230524-63751 UR - https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fbuil.2023.1108328/full VL - 2023 IS - volume 9, article 1108328 SP - 1 EP - 9 PB - Frontier Media CY - Lausanne ER -