End colloquium Renske Rokx
Hello KOers children,
On the 2nd of April, I will present my research on the inclusion of fabrication parameters in a multidisciplinary workflow for fibre-wound composites. Feel free to join the presentation and drink afterwards in SkyBar!
Abstract:
Coreless Filament Winding (CFW) using natural fibre–polymer composites offers a promising fabrication method for lightweight and materially efficient building components. However, existing computational design workflows typically rely on surface approximations and do not explicitly integrate fabrication parameters at the lattice level, limiting geometric prediction accuracy and structural reliability. This research develops a multidisciplinary design workflow that embeds fabrication parameters directly into a collision-based form-finding process and incorporates structural feedback at the early design stage.
Implemented in Rhino Grasshopper, the workflow translates fibre layup configuration and number of passes into variables governing fibre–fibre interaction using the Kangaroo2 physics engine. In contrast to projection-based benchmark methods, such as minimal surface and hyperboloid approaches, the proposed method derives geometry directly from fabrication logic and simulated interaction behaviour. Structural performance is evaluated through linear buckling analysis in Karamba3D, and design exploration is guided by a buckling-constrained, volume minimization using the built-in Galapagos evolutionary optimisation algorithm.
