%0 Journal Article %1 costalongamartins2020flexflax %A Costalonga Martins, Vanessa %A Cutajar, Sacha %A van der Hoven, Christo %A Baszyński, Piotr %A Dahy, Hanaa %D 2020 %J Applied Sciences %K 2020 baszynski complex coreless costalonga cutajar dahy fabrication fiber fibre-reinforced flexflax forms hoven interactive itke moldless natural nfrp placement polymer spatial stool structure tailored validation winding %N 9 %P 3278 %R 10.3390/app10093278 %T FlexFlax Stool: Validation of Moldless Fabrication of Complex Spatial Forms of Natural Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (NFRP) Structures through an Integrative Approach of Tailored Fiber Placement and Coreless Filament Winding Techniques %V 10 %X It has become clear over the last decade that the building industry must rapidly change to meet globally pressing requirements. The strong links between climate change and the environmental impact of architecture mean an urgent necessity for alternative design solutions. In order to propose them in this project, two emergent fabrication techniques were deployed with natural fiber-reinforced polymers (NFRPs), namely tailored fiber placement (TFP) and coreless filament winding (CFW). The approach is explored through the design and prototyping of a stool, as an analogue of the functional and structural performance requirements of an architectural system. TFP and CFW technologies are leveraged for their abilities of strategic material placement to create high-performance differentiated structure and geometry. Flax fibers, in this case, provide a renewable alternative for high-performance yarns, such as carbon, glass, or basalt. The novel contribution of this project is exploring the use of a TFP preform as an embedded fabrication frame for CFW. This eliminates the complex, expensive, and rigid molds that are traditionally associated with composites. Through a bottom-up iterative method, material and structure are explored in an integrative design process. This culminates in a lightweight FlexFlax Stool design (ca. 1 kg), which can carry approximately 80 times its weight, articulated in a new material-based design tectonic.

@article{costalongamartins2020flexflax, abstract = {It has become clear over the last decade that the building industry must rapidly change to meet globally pressing requirements. The strong links between climate change and the environmental impact of architecture mean an urgent necessity for alternative design solutions. In order to propose them in this project, two emergent fabrication techniques were deployed with natural fiber-reinforced polymers (NFRPs), namely tailored fiber placement (TFP) and coreless filament winding (CFW). The approach is explored through the design and prototyping of a stool, as an analogue of the functional and structural performance requirements of an architectural system. TFP and CFW technologies are leveraged for their abilities of strategic material placement to create high-performance differentiated structure and geometry. Flax fibers, in this case, provide a renewable alternative for high-performance yarns, such as carbon, glass, or basalt. The novel contribution of this project is exploring the use of a TFP preform as an embedded fabrication frame for CFW. This eliminates the complex, expensive, and rigid molds that are traditionally associated with composites. Through a bottom-up iterative method, material and structure are explored in an integrative design process. This culminates in a lightweight FlexFlax Stool design (ca. 1 kg), which can carry approximately 80 times its weight, articulated in a new material-based design tectonic.}, added-at = {2024-01-10T16:31:55.000+0100}, author = {Costalonga Martins, Vanessa and Cutajar, Sacha and van der Hoven, Christo and Baszyński, Piotr and Dahy, Hanaa}, biburl = {https://puma.ub.uni-stuttgart.de/bibtex/243a568dd8b6ec52b5e9ef71640a4dc8e/itke}, doi = {10.3390/app10093278}, interhash = {bc5ba4f94ac3b4f7737b39c85536917f}, intrahash = {43a568dd8b6ec52b5e9ef71640a4dc8e}, journal = {Applied Sciences}, keywords = {2020 baszynski complex coreless costalonga cutajar dahy fabrication fiber fibre-reinforced flexflax forms hoven interactive itke moldless natural nfrp placement polymer spatial stool structure tailored validation winding}, language = {eng}, month = may, number = 9, pages = 3278, timestamp = {2024-01-10T16:42:06.000+0100}, title = {FlexFlax Stool: Validation of Moldless Fabrication of Complex Spatial Forms of Natural Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (NFRP) Structures through an Integrative Approach of Tailored Fiber Placement and Coreless Filament Winding Techniques}, volume = 10, year = 2020 }