Numerical Investigation of Buckling-Driven Mechanisms for Shape Morphing of Composite Wings

Shape morphing has been considered a future direction in the pursuit of maximised aerodynamic and structural efficiency of an aircraft wing by triggering geometric reconfiguration to adapt to specific design requirements or load environments. Researchers have endeavoured to seek for morphing solutions that are simple, predictable, tailorable and...

100-Step-City

Based on the new lifestyle, the homebodies, with the related topic such as homebody economy, homebody design, homebody fashion, the project mainly focus on how to provide a multifunction and inter-disciplinary scenario for this group of people. It also investigates the identity of a residential construction shifting from a pure private property...

Overtopping hazard reduction at Churchill Barriers, Scotland

Churchill Barriers, a series of four causeways in Orkney Islands, Scotland were constructed during Second World War and now serve and a critical link for South Ronaldsay and Burray to the Orkney Mainland. Due to their location and design, causeways are exposed to storm waves generated in the North Sea. During coastal storms, some waves are able...

Evaluation of Acoustic Emission Monitoring of Existing Concrete Structures

An increasing number of existing structures are approaching the end of their technical service life. Therefore, monitoring these structures to get the information of their health condition, which is called structural health monitoring (SHM), is becoming more significant. In SHM, acoustic emission (AE) technique shows promising features in...

Design of a multi-purpose research cabin mounted upon a hexapod motion simulator

Motion simulators have increasingly been applied for research purposes due to their large motion capabilities and short response time. Key applications are including vehicle simulation, experiments on control behavior in virtual environments and studies into human self-motion perception. To maintain a good dynamic capability, the known motion...

Gated Community in Suburban Beijing: relation between spatial-functional structure and urbanity

Gated communities are recognized as a global phenomenon. During a long period of urban development, gated community becomes the most widespread Chinese residential type. It is usually surrounded by fast motor vehicle lanes, therefore lack of social connection with surrounding areas. And due to the few connection, the streets out of gated...

Dortmund-Ems Landscape Canal: Adjusting the post-navigable canal to the landscape system of Mu?nster

The project will explore a comprehensive landscape approach with Dort- mund-Ems-Canal in Mu?nster. By integrating the canal into the context of Mu?nster, I want to gain a applicable strategy to convert the post-navigable canal into a crucial component of the landscape structure in the modern city.