Search Results - "Jowers, Iestyn"

Mechanical characterisation of novel aperiodic lattice structures by Imediegwu, Chikwesiri, Clarke, Daniel, Carter, Francesca, Grimm, Uwe, Jowers, Iestyn, Moat, Richard

“…[Display omitted] •Summary of pattern-unique mathematical substitution rules for some aperiodic lattices•Direction-dependent mechanical properties of aperiodic…”
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A systematic numerical and experimental study into the mechanical properties of five honeycombs by Clarke, Daniel John, Imediegwu, Chikwesiri, Moat, Richard, Jowers, Iestyn

“…Honeycombs are engineered cellular materials that often show superior specific strength, stiffness and energy absorption compared to solid materials. As a…”
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Shapes, structures and shape grammar implementation by Jowers, Iestyn, Earl, Chris, Stiny, George

“…Shape grammars are a generative formalism in which dynamic changes to shape structure plays a vital role. Such changes support ambiguity and emergence, and as…”
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Identification of mechanically representative samples for aperiodic honeycombs by Clarke, Daniel John, Moat, Richard, Jowers, Iestyn

“…Honeycombs are a class of metamaterials widely used in engineering. Traditionally they have been comprised of periodic arrays of hexagonal, triangular and…”
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An isotropic zero Poisson's ratio metamaterial based on the aperiodic ‘hat’ monotile by Clarke, Daniel John, Carter, Francesca, Jowers, Iestyn, Moat, Richard James

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Exploration of multi-material surfaces as weighted shapes by MacLachlan, Lynne, Jowers, Iestyn

“…•We explore the use of weights to model material properties in shape computation.•Three weight definitions model properties that result from combining…”
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A class of aperiodic honeycombs with tuneable mechanical properties by Moat, Richard J., Clarke, Daniel John, Carter, Francesca, Rust, Dan, Jowers, Iestyn

“…•Mechanical properties of honeycombs based on the entire “Hat” family of tilings reported.•A tuneable Poisson's ratio between 0.45 and 0.006 can be achieved by…”
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Evaluating an eye tracking interface for a two-dimensional sketch editor by Jowers, Iestyn, Prats, Miquel, McKay, Alison, Garner, Steve

“…Throughout the history of CAD, a variety of interfaces have been employed with the aim of supporting designers’ construction and manipulation of digital…”
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Transforming shape in design: observations from studies of sketching by Prats, Miquel, Lim, Sungwoo, Jowers, Iestyn, Garner, Steve W., Chase, Scott

“…This paper is concerned with how design shapes are generated and explored by means of sketching. It presents research into the way designers transform shapes…”
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Extending the Algebras of Design by Jowers, Iestyn, Earl, Christopher F.

“…Algebras of design have previously been investigated for shapes composed of rectilinear geometric elements, such as lines and planes, and the properties of…”
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Pinwheel Patterns: From 2D to 3D Schemas by Earl, Christopher F., Jowers, Iestyn

“…Pinwheels are generic configurations in architectural layout planning. Planar pinwheels provide familiar schemes for layouts which present design ‘in the…”
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Shape detection with vision: implementing shape grammars in conceptual design by Jowers, Iestyn, Hogg, David C., McKay, Alison, Chau, Hau Hing, de Pennington, Alan

“…Despite more than 30 years of research, shape grammar implementations have limited functionality. This is largely due to the difficult problem of subshape…”
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A Case Study in Online Formal/Informal Learning: Was it collaborative or cooperative learning? by Jowers, Iestyn, Gaved, Mark, Dallison, Delphine Dallison, Elliott-Cirigottis, Gary, Rochead, Alan, Craig, Mark

“…Developing skills in communication and collaboration is essential in modern design education, in order to prepare students for the realities of design…”
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Implementation of Curved Shape Grammars by Jowers, Iestyn, Earl, Christopher

“…Research into shape grammar implementation has been largely concerned with rectilinear shapes and there has been limited research into implementation on shapes…”
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Design and emotional expressiveness of Gertie (An open hardware robotic desk lamp) by Gerlinghaus, F., Pierce, B., Metzler, T., Jowers, I., Shea, K., Cheng, G.

“…This paper introduces Gertie the Robotic Desk Lamp, a novel research platform that has five degrees of freedom, and is equipped with a camera and microphone in…”
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Computation with Curved Shapes: Towards Freeform Shape Generation in Design by Jowers, Iestyn

“…Shape computations are a formal representation that specify particular aspects of the design process with reference to form. They are defined according to…”
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Shape Exploration in Design: Formalising and Supporting a Transformational Process by Lim, Sungwoo, Prats, Miquel, Jowers, Iestyn, Chase, Scott, Garner, Steve, McKay, Alison

“…The process of sketching can support the sort of transformational thinking that is seen as essential for the interpretation and reinterpretation of ideas in…”
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The Construction of Curved Shapes by Jowers, Iestyn, Earl, Christopher

“…Application of a shape grammar involves the repetitive task of matching and replacing subshapes of a design under transformation, and as such is well suited…”
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