Biomimetic approach for the creation of a deployable structure based on the blooming of the Morning Glory flower

Fenci, GE, Currie, NGR ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9083-6482 and Weekes, L ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3711-8198 2015, Biomimetic approach for the creation of a deployable structure based on the blooming of the Morning Glory flower , in: International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS) Symposium 2015 : Future Visions, 17 - 20 August 2015, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

PDF - Published Version Restricted to Repository staff only Download (488kB) | Request a copy

Abstract

This research project proposes the design of a freestanding, biomimetically inspired, deployable canopy. Nature inspires the structure in terms of mechanism and shape, allowing for the creation of a lightweight, multifunctional, and efficient deployable awning. A review of the key features characterising deployable structures along with an in depth investigation into the biological world created the rationale for the modelling of a foldable structure inspired by the blooming of a Morning Glory flower (Ipomea Violacea). By providing controls for each of the degrees of freedom in the system with hydraulic rams, the geometry was frozen at set deployment stages and a time-stepped analysis was created based on pseudo-static principles, showing the structure at various stages of deployment. The freezing of the structure allowed a parametric investigation of the most suitable deployment sequence to minimise the deployment forces and associated quantities of steel.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Schools:	Schools > School of Computing, Science and Engineering > Salford Innovation Research Centre
Journal or Publication Title:	Proceedings of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS) Symposium 2015
Publisher:	International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (IASS)
ISSN:	2518-6582
Related URLs:	Publication
Depositing User:	Giulia Evelina Fenci
Date Deposited:	01 Jun 2018 10:09
Last Modified:	15 Feb 2022 23:20
URI:	https://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/47186

Actions (login required)

Edit record (repository staff only)