Rational design of artificial micro-structured metamaterials with advanced mechanical and
physical properties that are not accessible in nature materials is challenging and important …

Since its inception, the full Lagrangian meshless smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH)
has experienced a tremendous enhancement in methodology and impacted a range of multi …

Starting from simple notions of paper folding, a review of current challenges regarding folds
and structures is presented. A special focus is dedicated to folded tessellations which are …

Tensegrities are spatial, reticulated and lightweight structures that are increasingly
investigated as structural solutions for active and deployable structures. Tensegrity systems …

A reciprocal frame (RF) is a self-supported three-dimensional structure made up of three or
more slo** rods, which form a closed circuit, namely an RF-unit. Large RF-structures built …

To decrease the impact of the construction sector on climate change, sufficiently economic
processes must urgently be developed to encourage the use of minorly transformed timber …

Applications in which composite materials are used as bearing structural elements are rare
and generally copy structural solutions that have been optimized for steel for years …

This paper proposes and validates a three degrees of freedom element formulation that
accounts for torsion and transverse bending of three-dimensional curved elements in explicit …

Reducing the negative environmental impact caused by the intensive manufacturing of
industrialised building materials and components requires the adoption of alternative …

Timber gridshell structures, such as the Multihalle for the federal garden festival in
Mannheim or the Downland Museum, have been the result of a creative–generative process …