Abstract
This paper proposes a methodology for allowing engineers to synthesize structural systems more efficiently within a building architectural context. The methodology follows a top-down approach where the engineer focuses first on the overall structural implications of the building architecture, and lets the computer take care of more specific and time consuming tasks. The methodology is being developed in a three-phase project. The first phase is described in this paper. At the core of the methodology lies an integrated representation that is used by the engineer, with the assistance of synthesis algorithms, to create the design model. The representation describes structural and architectural concepts that are relevant during conceptual structural design and relies on geometric modeling techniques for allowing the engineer to reason about the topology and geometry of the model being created. A software prototype has been implemented and a test case demonstrates its capabilities in supporting design synthesis.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Bailey, SF and Smith, FC: 1994, Case-based preliminary design,Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering 8(4): 454–468.
Booch G, Rumbaugh J and Jacobson I: 1997,The Uniifiied Modeling Language User Guide, Addison-Wesley Longman Inc, Reading, MA.
Fuyama, H, Law KH and Krawlinker H: 1997, An interactive computer-assisted system for conceptual structural design of steel buildings,Computers and Structures 63(4): 647–662.
Grierson DE and Khajehpour S: 2002, Method for conceptual design applied to office buildings,Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering 16(2): 83–103.
Jain D, Krawinkler H and Law KH: 1991,Logic-based Conceptual Structural Design of Steel Office Buildings, Technical Report, Center for Integrated Facility Engineering, Stanford University, CA, USA.
Khemlani L, Timerman A, Benner B and Kalay Y: 1997, Semantically rich building representation,ACADIA, pp. 207–227.
Kumar, HS, and Raphael B: 1997, CADREM: A Case-based system for conceptual structural design,Engineering with Computers 13(3): 153–164.
Lin TY and Stotesbury SD: 1988,Structural Concepts and Systems for Architects and Engineers, 2nd Ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York.
Maher ML: 1985, HI-RISE: A Knowledge-Based Expert System for the Preliminary Structural Design of High Rise Buildings, Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
Maher ML and Balachandran MB: 1994, Multimedia approach to case-based structural design,Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering 8(3): 359–376.
Maher ML and Zhang DM: 1993, CADSYN: A case-based design process model,AIEDAM 7(2): 97–110.
Meyer S: 1995,A Description of the Structural Design of Tall Buildings through the Grammar Paradigm, Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Civil Engineering, Carnegie Institute of Technology, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Rafiq MY, Mathews JD and Bullock GN, 2003, Conceptual building design — evolutionary approach,Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering 17(3): 150–158.
Ravi M and Bédard C: 1993, Approximate methods of structural analysis and design in a knowledge-based system environment,Artificial Intelligence in Engineering 8: 271–275.
Rivard, H and Fenves SJ: 2000a, A representation for conceptual design of buildings,Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering 14(3): 151–159.
Rivard, H and Fenves SJ: 2000b, SEED-Config: A case-based reasoning system for conceptual building design,Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing 14: 415–430.
Shen YC, Bonissone PP and Feeser LJ: 2001, Conceptual modeling for design formulation,Engineering with Computers 17: 95–111.
Sisk GM, Miles JC and Moore CJ: 2003, Designer centered development of GA-based DSS for conceptual design of buildings,Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering 17(3): 159–166.
Soibelman L and Pena-Mora F: 2003, Distributed Multi-Reasoning Mechanism to Support Conceptual Structural Design,Journal of Structural Engineering 126(6): 733–742.
Spatial Corp.: 2003, 3D ACIS Modeler version 8.0, http:http://www.spatial.com.
TSA Inc.: 2003, HOOPS 3D Part Viewer version 7.0, http:http://www.hoops3d.com.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2004 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
About this paper
Cite this paper
Mora, R., Rivard, H., Bédard, C. (2004). Computer-Aided Conceptual Design of Building Structures. In: Gero, J.S. (eds) Design Computing and Cognition ’04. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2393-4_3
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2393-4_3
Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht
Print ISBN: 978-90-481-6650-3
Online ISBN: 978-1-4020-2393-4
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive