Radiolaria applet

I've found a java applet allowing us to manipulate a regular hexagonal grid which seems to react according to some basic principles of radiolarian skeletons!

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source: www.n-e-r-v-o-u-s.com

New GC model

I've decided to model one module in GC.
I want to use my basic idea, but the lines of the grid should all be splines, in order to get a fluent tessellation. I will script a relatively simple hexagon script to add the tesselation to the grid. (see image).
Tomorrow I will talk to Fred Veer (ir. TU Delft) about the possibilities of glass beams as structural elements.

Midterm presentation

Hereby a visual summary of the midterm presentation.

critics:

• Plans are far too ambitious to be able to finish it untill a final presentation within 3 weeks.

• I have to simpify my model to a module of the compete structural skin, in order to compete at least one compete loop of scripting, modelling, calculating and adjusting of the structure.

• Do you want to generate a radiolarian structure or manipulate a given structure?

• Start as soon as possible with testing a simple model in Diana (structural performance) while working on scripting more and modelling more in GC.

INTRO:


RESEARCH PROPOSAL:


TRANSLATION:


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PLAN: