The complexity of the work performed during this thesis allows for various points of further development to be suggested and implemented in the future based on the required level of accuracy needed to be obtained from the analysis. To start with the modeling of tensegrity systems, there are two different suggestions to be made to improve the accuracy of the simulation. First, during the dynamic relaxation of the form finding step, the usage of an extra kinematic relaxation approximation algorithm step to assist into finding the equilibrium point of the tensegrity can be applied. This will improve time needed for the tensegrity to reach equilibrium at the cost of some extra computations. Second point that can be improved would be the more accurate and intelligent modeling of the actual volume of struts and cables in contrast with the simple one implemented as part of this thesis. This would enhance even more the simulation and bring modeling even closer to how a tensegrity structure operates in physical world.
With regards to recreating the wind tunneling effect, there is one point of interest that would certainly help into making the phenomenon simulation more accurate and close to reality. This would be taking into account the roughness of buildings and ground layout. Even if the first is relatively ease to model as an extra parameter affecting the wind speed during a collision with a solid boundary inside the simulation, it has been chosen to avoid implementation under the scope of current thesis as it is believed it will not rapidly change the results obtained. The latter is a bit more complicated as it is strongly related to the actual ground layout (trees, small buildings, etc.) of location that the phenomenon is exhibiting and it has been deliberately not included for the generality of the approach under this thesis. Both these extra enhancements are suggested to be included in case of this analysis being used to address the issue on a specific location and increased accuracy is desirable.
Finally, in the last implementation step of the actual tensegrity structure, there are multiple suggestions of fixes to be implemented if stability of building is what we are after in an engineering oriented study. So, whole structure weight should be taken into consideration as well as a study on geodesic strings to hold the structure together. Obviously, specific stability accurate analysis was far out of scope of the current thesis.
With regards to recreating the wind tunneling effect, there is one point of interest that would certainly help into making the phenomenon simulation more accurate and close to reality. This would be taking into account the roughness of buildings and ground layout. Even if the first is relatively ease to model as an extra parameter affecting the wind speed during a collision with a solid boundary inside the simulation, it has been chosen to avoid implementation under the scope of current thesis as it is believed it will not rapidly change the results obtained. The latter is a bit more complicated as it is strongly related to the actual ground layout (trees, small buildings, etc.) of location that the phenomenon is exhibiting and it has been deliberately not included for the generality of the approach under this thesis. Both these extra enhancements are suggested to be included in case of this analysis being used to address the issue on a specific location and increased accuracy is desirable.
Finally, in the last implementation step of the actual tensegrity structure, there are multiple suggestions of fixes to be implemented if stability of building is what we are after in an engineering oriented study. So, whole structure weight should be taken into consideration as well as a study on geodesic strings to hold the structure together. Obviously, specific stability accurate analysis was far out of scope of the current thesis.