Publication by former student: Particle-Spring Method for Form Finding Grid Shell Structures consisting of Flexible Members

Posted on 2012/04/26 by

The BEMNext Lab evolved from the Structural Design Lab (SDL) in Delft. One of the former students of the SDL, Maarten Kuijvenhoven, in collaboration with Pierre Hoogenboom, has published an interesting journal article in the Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures (Vol. 53 (2012) No.1 March n. 171) on his graduation work with us on applying the Particle-Spring Method for Form Finding Grid Shell Structures consisting of Flexible Members.

Congratulations, Maarten & Pierre, on this excellent article.

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New students at BEMNext Lab

Posted on 2012/03/23 by

Hi,

Did you already know that we have a number of new students starting new projects at the BEMNext Lab?

We have Peter Eigenraam, who studies curvature analysis of double curved concrete shells.

Eoin Dunphy studies double curved steel shells.

Johan de Haan studies the chances in relation to progressive collapse and Marijn Kok is working on building the next version of the progress collapse tool.

And of course, our veterans, Bastiaan van de Weerd who is developing StructuralComponents 3.0 and Sridevi Koonath-Surendran who is almost done with her work on parametric evaluation of sustainability of steel structures.

If you like to know more or are looking for a thesis topic yourself, feel free to contact us.

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Merry X-mas and a Happy New Year!

Posted on 2011/12/17 by

The BEMNext Lab and Delft University of Technology wish you a merry X-mas and a happy new year!

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2011/11/10: Geotechniekdag

Posted on 2011/11/09 by

Jeroen will be speaking at the Geotechniekdag – the Dutch geotechnics event – on the BEM dream.

http://www.geotechniekdag.nl

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2011/10/10-2011/10/12: Design modelling workshop in Berlin

Posted on 2011/09/20 by

Design Modelling Symposium Berlin – 2011
Complexity and Responsibility –Computational Processes and the Physical Production of Space

http://www.design-modelling-symposium.de/

Update: I will be attending this symposium and presenting some of my work on NetworkedDesign here. So if you are interested or would like to meet me, please register and come to this event – Jeroen

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2011/09/20-2011/09/23: IASS-IABSE symposium in London, UK

Posted on 2011/09/20 by

Hi,

We are attending the IASS-IABSE in London, UK the next few days. Seek us out when you would like to meet us. Both Anke and myself will be attending, as well as some of our colleagues at Arup who we are closely collaborating with.

Regards,
Jeroen

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New Structural Morphology Group blog

Posted on 2011/09/20 by

Hi,

The Structural Morphology Group (SMG) we are participating in has a new website, which can be found here: http://www.structuralmorphology.org. This group is part of the International Association of Shell and Spatial Structures.

Please feel free to sign up to follow our group or contribute if you want to participate.

- Jeroen

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