%0 Journal Article %1 sippach2021structural %A Sippach, Timo %A Dahy, Hanaa %A Uhlig, Kai %A Grisin, Benjamin %A Carosella, Stefan %A Middendorf, Peter %C Basel %D 2021 %J Polymers %K 2021 NFRP architectural architecture biocomposites biomat biomimetics carosella composites dahy design fiber flax grisin high-performance itke lightweight material-appropriate middendorf natural optimization placement polymer reinforced sippach structure sustainable tailored topology uhlig %R 10.3390/polym12123048 %T Structural Optimization through biomimetic-inspired material-specific Application of plant-based Natural Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites (NFRP) %X Under normal conditions, the cross-sections of reinforced concrete in classic skeleton construction systems are often only partially loaded. This contributes to non-sustainable construction solutions due to an excess of material use. Novel cross-disciplinary workflows linking architects, engineers, material scientists and manufacturers could offer alternative means for more sustainable architectural applications with extra lightweight solutions. Through material-specific use of plant-based Natural Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites (NFRP), also named Biocomposites, a high-performance lightweight structure with topology optimized cross-sections has been here developed. The closed life cycle of NFRPs promotes sustainability in construction through energy recovery of the quickly generative biomass-based materials. The cooperative design resulted in a development that were verified through a 1:10 demonstrator, whose fibrous morphology was defined by biomimetically-inspired orthotropic tectonics, generated with by the fiber path optimization software tools, namely EdoStructure and EdoPath in combination with the appliance of the digital additive manufacturing technique: Tailored Fiber Placement (TFP).

@article{sippach2021structural, abstract = {Under normal conditions, the cross-sections of reinforced concrete in classic skeleton construction systems are often only partially loaded. This contributes to non-sustainable construction solutions due to an excess of material use. Novel cross-disciplinary workflows linking architects, engineers, material scientists and manufacturers could offer alternative means for more sustainable architectural applications with extra lightweight solutions. Through material-specific use of plant-based Natural Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites (NFRP), also named Biocomposites, a high-performance lightweight structure with topology optimized cross-sections has been here developed. The closed life cycle of NFRPs promotes sustainability in construction through energy recovery of the quickly generative biomass-based materials. The cooperative design resulted in a development that were verified through a 1:10 demonstrator, whose fibrous morphology was defined by biomimetically-inspired orthotropic tectonics, generated with by the fiber path optimization software tools, namely EdoStructure and EdoPath in combination with the appliance of the digital additive manufacturing technique: Tailored Fiber Placement (TFP).}, added-at = {2021-07-16T13:10:21.000+0200}, address = {Basel}, author = {Sippach, Timo and Dahy, Hanaa and Uhlig, Kai and Grisin, Benjamin and Carosella, Stefan and Middendorf, Peter}, biburl = {https://puma.ub.uni-stuttgart.de/bibtex/2679e28c6739c546506fe2c1b8cb899e3/petraheim}, day = 19, doi = {10.3390/polym12123048}, interhash = {b458c23bc6b9e424be0b2aa12c3347c5}, intrahash = {679e28c6739c546506fe2c1b8cb899e3}, journal = {Polymers}, keywords = {2021 NFRP architectural architecture biocomposites biomat biomimetics carosella composites dahy design fiber flax grisin high-performance itke lightweight material-appropriate middendorf natural optimization placement polymer reinforced sippach structure sustainable tailored topology uhlig}, language = {eng}, month = {12}, timestamp = {2021-07-16T11:10:21.000+0200}, title = {Structural Optimization through biomimetic-inspired material-specific Application of plant-based Natural Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites (NFRP) }, year = 2021 }