Numerical Methods for Topological Optimization of Wooden Structural Elements
Timber represents a building material that aligns with the environmental demands on the impact of the construction sector on climate change. The most common engineering solution for modern timber buildings with large spans is glued laminate timber (glulam). This project proposes a tool for a topolog...
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| description | Timber represents a building material that aligns with the environmental demands on the impact of the construction sector on climate change. The most common engineering solution for modern timber buildings with large spans is glued laminate timber (glulam). This project proposes a tool for a topological optimized geometry generator of structural elements made of glulam that can be used for building a database of topologically optimized glulam beams. In turn, this can be further used to train machine learning models that can embed the topologically optimized geometry and structural behavior information. Topological optimization tasks usually require a large number of iterations in order to reach the design goals. Therefore, embedding this information into machine learning models for structural elements belonging to the same topological groups will result in a faster design process since certain aspects regarding structural behavior such as strength and stiffness can be quickly estimated using Artificial Intelligence techniques. Topologically optimized geometry propositions could be obtained by employing generative machine learning model techniques which can propose geometries that are closer to the topologically optimized results using FEM and as such present a starting point for the design analysis in a reduced amount of time. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e11380a5b87e45629e3639aa14039ec02025-08-20T01:53:53ZengMDPI AGBuildings2075-53092024-11-011411367210.3390/buildings14113672Numerical Methods for Topological Optimization of Wooden Structural ElementsDaniela Țăpuși0Andrei-Dan Sabău1Adrian-Alexandru Savu2Ruxandra-Irina Erbașu3Ioana Teodorescu4Department of Civil, Urban and Technological Engineering, Faculty of Civil, Industrial and Agricultural Buildings, Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest, 020396 Bucharest, RomaniaDepartment of Civil, Urban and Technological Engineering, Faculty of Civil, Industrial and Agricultural Buildings, Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest, 020396 Bucharest, RomaniaDepartment of Structural Mechanics, Faculty of Civil, Industrial and Agricultural Buildings, Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest, 020396 Bucharest, RomaniaDepartment of Civil, Urban and Technological Engineering, Faculty of Civil, Industrial and Agricultural Buildings, Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest, 020396 Bucharest, RomaniaDepartment of Civil, Urban and Technological Engineering, Faculty of Civil, Industrial and Agricultural Buildings, Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest, 020396 Bucharest, RomaniaTimber represents a building material that aligns with the environmental demands on the impact of the construction sector on climate change. The most common engineering solution for modern timber buildings with large spans is glued laminate timber (glulam). This project proposes a tool for a topological optimized geometry generator of structural elements made of glulam that can be used for building a database of topologically optimized glulam beams. In turn, this can be further used to train machine learning models that can embed the topologically optimized geometry and structural behavior information. Topological optimization tasks usually require a large number of iterations in order to reach the design goals. Therefore, embedding this information into machine learning models for structural elements belonging to the same topological groups will result in a faster design process since certain aspects regarding structural behavior such as strength and stiffness can be quickly estimated using Artificial Intelligence techniques. Topologically optimized geometry propositions could be obtained by employing generative machine learning model techniques which can propose geometries that are closer to the topologically optimized results using FEM and as such present a starting point for the design analysis in a reduced amount of time.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/14/11/3672glulamtopological optimizationfinite element methodmachine learningartificial neural network |
| spellingShingle | Daniela Țăpuși Andrei-Dan Sabău Adrian-Alexandru Savu Ruxandra-Irina Erbașu Ioana Teodorescu Numerical Methods for Topological Optimization of Wooden Structural Elements Buildings glulam topological optimization finite element method machine learning artificial neural network |
| title | Numerical Methods for Topological Optimization of Wooden Structural Elements |
| title_full | Numerical Methods for Topological Optimization of Wooden Structural Elements |
| title_fullStr | Numerical Methods for Topological Optimization of Wooden Structural Elements |
| title_full_unstemmed | Numerical Methods for Topological Optimization of Wooden Structural Elements |
| title_short | Numerical Methods for Topological Optimization of Wooden Structural Elements |
| title_sort | numerical methods for topological optimization of wooden structural elements |
| topic | glulam topological optimization finite element method machine learning artificial neural network |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/14/11/3672 |
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