GOALI: Building Engineering Through Topology Optimization

该项目通过拓扑优化构建工程概念，解决建筑物的结构工程问题。结构拓扑涉及适合建筑结构系统的构件的几何配置。其目标是为建筑系统量身定做拓扑优化技术，并将该技术用作在建筑设计中连接建筑师和工程师的一种手段。要实现这一目标，面临的挑战是摆脱传统的盒子状？通过探索创新的生物灵感和自然的艺术设计来塑造建筑形状，并使结构工程和建筑之间建立正式的联系。所提出的量身定制建筑设计技术将是拓扑优化领域的一个新的补充。这项研究将探索高层建筑的自然荷载路径拓扑优化；将通过建筑的最终设计提供结构工程和建筑设计优化的集成；将在横向支撑系统方面取得新的进展；将开发高保真计算模型。计算框架的制定将为建筑师和工程师提供设计创新建筑的自由，这些建筑既具有艺术性，又具有实用的经济性。Co-Pi是一家咨询工程公司的负责人，有超高层建筑设计方面的背景。参与该项目的学生将在咨询公司实习，跨学科的研究团队将在项目的所有阶段密切合作。

This project addresses the structural engineering of buildings by constructing engineering concepts through topology optimization. Structural topology relates to geometric configurations of components that fit in to the structural system of the building. The goal is to tailor topology optimization techniques to building systems and to use this technology as a means to connect architects and engineers in design of buildings. To achieve this goal, the challenges are to move away from traditional ?box-like? building shapes by exploring innovative bio-inspired and natural artistic designs as well as to enable a formal linkage between structural engineering and architecture. The proposed techniques for tailored building design will be a novel addition to the realm of topology optimization. This research will explore natural load path topology optimization of tall buildings; will provide integration of structural engineering and architecture design optimization through the final design of buildings; will achieve new advances in lateral bracing systems; and will develop high-fidelity computational models. The computational framework will be formulated to provide both architects and engineers freedom to design innovative buildings that are artistic and yet with pragmatic consideration of economy. The Co-PI, a principal in a consulting engineering company, has background in design of super-tall buildings. The students working in the project will intern in the consulting company and the inter-disciplinary research team will work in close collaboration in all stages of the project.