Strut-Based Cellular to Shellular Funicular Materials

Simulating the architecture of different cellular materials in nature using PGS technique; the force and form diagrams of a strut-based cellular (a,b), a polyhedron cellular (e,f), and a shellular (i,j) unit-cell designed by PGS. The 3D aggregation of the force diagrams (c,g,k) results in different kinds of triply periodic cellular materials (d,h,l).
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Simulating the architecture of different cellular materials in nature using PGS technique; the force and form diagrams of a strut-based cellular (a,b), a polyhedron cellular (e,f), and a shellular (i,j) unit-cell designed by PGS. The 3D aggregation of the force diagrams (c,g,k) results in different kinds of triply periodic cellular materials (d,h,l).