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Thesis Structure Proposal
Intelligent Surface
Thesis structure
Abstract
Acknowledgements
Contents
1. Introduction
1.1 -
Introduction to tensegrity system and springs system simulation
1.2 –
Introduction to wind funnel effect and air simulation (wind tunnel effect and Computation Fluid Dynamics)
1.3 - Research Question, Aim & Objectives
2. Background
2.1 Origins and evolution in tensegrity systems
2.2 Background and theory in wind movement
2.2.1 Background and theory in outdoor wind movement
2.2.2 Fast Fluid Dynamics
2.2.3 Windbreaks and porosity
2.2.4 Pedestrian wind comfort criteria
3. Methodology
3.1 Simulation context
3.2 Tensegrity Unit simulations
3.2.1 Particle System and Modeling
3.2.2 Genetic Algorithms
Implementation (microscale-unit scale)
3.3 Fast Fluid Dynamics Simulation
3.3.1 Fluid Solver
3.3.2 Boundary Conditions
3.3.3 Simulating wind funnel effect
3.4 Finding optimal tensegrity to address wind funnel effect
3.5 Constructing tensegrity structure
4. Experiments and Results
4.1 Experiments and results with the tensegrity unit and GA
4.2 Experiments with the exhibition of wind funnel effect
4.3 Final GA
5. Discussion
5.1 Overview of findings
5.2 Critical Review
5.3 Potential advantages of the method
5.4 Further Developments
6. Conclusion
7. References
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