Design Optimisation and Advanced Manufacturing of Structural Connections

该项目旨在利用拓扑优化和增材制造的最新技术，建立一种设计和制造空间结构中复杂连接的新方法。该项目旨在开发新的优化算法，考虑到增材制造的特殊限制，并确定制造大型金属连接的成本效益流程。该项目的预期成果包括一种新的方法和先进的数字设计工具，通过实验验证，用于设计和制造高效的结构部件。这将为建造业带来显著的好处，包括提高性能、减轻重量和减少废物。

This project aims to establish a new approach to designing and fabricating complex connections in spatial structures by taking advantage of latest technologies in topological optimisation and additive manufacturing. The project intends to develop new optimisation algorithms considering special constraints of additive manufacturing and to determine a cost-effective process for fabricating large metal connections. Expected outcomes of the project include a new methodology and an advanced digital design tool, validated by experiments, for designing and fabricating efficient structural components. This should provide significant benefits to the construction industry in terms of performance enhancement, weight reduction and waste minimisation.