Additive manufacturing oriented parametric topology optimization design and numerical analysis of steel joints in gridshell structures

• Main Authors: Zuo, Wenkang, Chen, Man-Tai, Chen, Yangyu, Zhao, Ou, Cheng, Bin, Zhao, Jincheng
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Engineering::Civil engineering; Topology Optimization; Additive Manufacturing
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/172289
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Additive manufacturing (AM) oriented joint topology optimization (TO) is a novel integrated computer-aided structural design and construction paradigm for spatial structures. This research proposed a complete computer-aided workflow for the TO design, numerical analysis and AM of steel joints in gri...