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Segmented Spiral Using Inter-Connected Timber Elements

Yves Weinand, Aryan Rezaei Rad, Petras Vestartas, Martin Thomas Nakad

This paper describes the construction process of a scenographic structure - five meters high spiral. It consists of following parts: CAD modeling work-flow, prototyping and FEM structural calculation, assembly and on-site loading test. The structure was co ...

INT CENTER NUMERICAL METHODS ENGINEERING2019

Augmented-reality-assisted timber drilling with smart retrofitted tools

Yves Weinand, Julien Gamerro, Andrea Settimi

An ordinary electric drill was integrated into a context-aware augmented reality (AR) framework to assist in timber-drilling tasks. This study is a preliminary evaluation to detail technical challenges, potential bottlenecks, and accuracy of the proposed o ...

2022

Evaluation date as support material for diffCheck publication icsa 2025

Yves Weinand, Julien Gamerro, Stefana Parascho, Andrea Settimi, Marianthi Eririni Kladeftira, Eleni Maria Skevaki, Damien Lambert Alain Félicien Gilliard

This dataset contains the data, pipelines (in the form of .ghx files) and numerical results of the evaluation of diffCheck, an open-source scan-to-CAD comparison plugin for Rhino3D. The dataset is divided into two main compressed folders: Additive and `S ...

Zenodo2024

Geometrical digital twins of the as-built microstructure of three-leaf stone masonry walls with laser scanning

Andrea Cabriada Ascencio, Katrin Beyer, Yves Weinand, Julien Gamerro, Savvas Saloustros, Andrea Settimi

Research on irregular stone masonry walls is hampered by the lack of detailed geometrical models of their internal micro-structure, i.e. the shape and size of each stone and its position within the wall. Without such a geometric digital twin of walls teste ...

2023

Joinery Solver for Whole Timber Structures

Yves Weinand, Petras Vestartas

This paper presents a digital joinery generation method for whole-timber structures using wood-wood connections. The research is based on a collaboration with a local timber company located in a mountain area [1]. In this context, there is a need to explor ...

2020

Interlocking Folded Plate - Integrated Mechanical Attachment for Structural Timber Panels

Yves Weinand, Christopher Werner Matthias Robeller, Andrea Stitic, Paul Mayencourt

Automatic joinery has become a common technique for the jointing of beams in timber framing and roofing. It has revived traditional, integrated joints such as mortise and tenon connections. Similarly, but only recently, the automatic fabri- cation of tradi ...

Springer Verlag2014

Robotically-Fabricated Nexorades from Whole Timber

Yves Weinand, Aryan Rezaei Rad, Petras Vestartas

This paper introduces the conceptual design of sustainable timber structures using raw wood. It pre-sents a workflow for systematically generating Nexorades using a tiling method for multi-valence quad subdivided surfaces. The system is designed based on a ...

2021

Supplementary material for "AR-assisted timber drilling with smart retrofitted tools"

Yves Weinand, Julien Gamerro, Andrea Settimi

The dataset contains point clouds from 3D scans, reconstructed 3D data, and statistical data analysis, which are intended as complementary material for the publication "AR-assisted timber drilling with smart retrofitted tools". ...

2021

Experimental and numerical study on structural behavior of a single timber textile module

Masoud Sistaninia, Yves Weinand, Laurent Humbert, Markus Hudert, Meisam Sistaninia

The present work investigates an innovative class of timber structure with potential applications in roofing, facade and bridge construction, called Timberfabric. The development of Timberfabric structures originates from the approach of harnessing the str ...

Elsevier2013

Form finding of twisted interlaced structures: a hybrid approach

Yves Weinand, Seyed Sina Nabaei

Our study presents a set of form-finding procedures to explore curved structures made from interlaced panels. Interlacing introduces a particular coupling between assembly components which has to be formulated along with a pertinent flexible body model. We ...

Springer2015

Cockroach: an open-source tool for point cloud processing in cad

Yves Weinand, Julien Gamerro, Andrea Settimi, Petras Vestartas

In the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) sector, the use of point cloud data is not a novelty. Usually employed to retrieve data for inspecting construction sites or retrofitting pre-existing buildings, sensors like LiDAR cameras have been k ...

Association for Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA)2022

Projector-based augmented stacking framework for irregularly shaped objects

Katrin Beyer, Yves Weinand, Julien Gamerro, Edward Carlo Giorgio Andò, Andrea Settimi, Qianqing Wang

Augmented reality in additive fabrication is predominantly applied to the manufacturing of structures from regularly shaped materials. Our work however embraces natural heterogeneity, by focusing on the assembly of irregularly shaped elements such as miner ...

2023

Discrete variational Lie group formulation of geometrically exact beams dynamics

Tudor Ratiu, Yves Weinand, François Gay-Balmaz, François Marie Alain Demoures

The goal of this paper is to derive a structure preserving integrator for geometrically exact beam dynamics, by using a Lie group variational integrator. Both spatial and temporal discretization are implemented in a geometry preserving manner. The resultin ...

Springer2015

Macro Modeling Technique for Integrally-Attached Timber Plates: Sensitivity Analysis

Yves Weinand, Aryan Rezaei Rad

Using the Integral Mechanical Attachment (IMA) technique, a new macroscopic model has recently been introduced to simulate the structural behavior of segmented timber plates. The macro model is based on employing only beam and spring elements, which aims t ...

2021

Innovative timber constructions

Yves Weinand

The research undertaken in the EPFL’s Timber Construction Laboratory aims both to question in depth the relationship between engineering sciences and architectural conception and to expose new facets of this relationship. The IBOIS is firmly integrated in ...

2009

Form-Finding Of Interlaced Space Structures

Yves Weinand, Seyed Sina Nabaei

By Interlaced Space Structures (ISS) we mean a coupled system of naturally curved flexible panels/strips interlaced together according to a design pattern. We are looking for a physically-based and efficient form-finding procedure in order to interactively ...

Int Center Numerical Methods Engineering2014

Macroscopic Model for Spatial Timber Plate Structures with Integral Mechanical Attachments

Yves Weinand, Aryan Rezaei Rad

The use of integral mechanical attachments (IMAs) in spatial free-form timber plate structures has been revitalized by the production of engineered boards and recent developments in digital fabrication and computer-aided design. Despite the widespread inte ...

2020

Experimental investigations on the load-carrying capacity of digitally produced wood-wood connections

Yves Weinand, Julien Gamerro, Jean-François Bocquet

The rise of digital fabrication has increased the use of wood-wood connections inspired by traditional carpentry in modern timber constructions. With recent developments on standard construction systems, the mechanical behavior of such joints for in-plane ...

2020

Case-Study on the Creep Behavior of Interconnected Timber Elements using Wood-Wood Connections

Yves Weinand, Julien Gamerro, Jean-François Bocquet, Martin Thomas Nakad

With the increasing use of automation and computer-aided manufacturing in timber construction, a standardized timber construction system using digitally produced wood-wood connections has recently been developed for basic building components. Its structura ...

EPFL2021

Shear loaded friction-welded crosswise arranged timber boards

Yves Weinand, Till Vallée, Benjamin Hahn

Friction welding of wood is a bonding technology that can be used for joining timber elements, and in which the adhesive is formed from thermally modified cell wall material within the substrate during the welding process. In this paper, this principle is ...

2017