Eleftheriadis, S;
Mumovic, D;
Greening, P;
Chronis, A;
(2015)
BIM enabled optimisation framework for environmentally responsible and structurally efficient design systems.
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(Proceedings) ISARC 2015, 32nd International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction and Mining: Connected to the Future, Proceedings.
(pp. pp. 1-9).
International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC)
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Abstract
The present research investigates the potential for reducing the environmental impacts of structural systems through a more efficient use of materials. The main objective of this research is to explore and to develop a holistic and integrated methodology that utilises Building Information Modelling's (BIM) capabilities combined with structural analysis and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) as well as a two-staged structural optimisation solver that achieves efficient and environmentally responsible steel design solutions. The implemented workflow utilises Autodesk Revit-BIM, Tally-LCA and Autodesk Robot-Structural Analysis. RobOpt is the plug-in that has been established using the Application Programming Interface (API) of Robot and the .NET framework of C?, and it inherits several structural functionalities based on Robot Finite Element Method (FEM) engine. The proposed RobOpt application can be accessed via a graphic user interface (GUI) within the Robot software. The developed BIM-enabled optimisation methodology could be utilised as a design tool to inform early stage structural design solutions. A prototypical steel framed structural system under certain loads has been explored. The resulting bespoke I-beam sections from the custom genetic algorithm (GA) optimisation demonstrate that significant savings-up to 21%-can be achieved in all tested environmental indicators when compared to the standard UK catalogue of steel sections. Considering all, the proposed framework constitutes a useful and an intuitive workflow, which aims to quantify the environmental savings of structural systems by utilising, advanced computational analysis and common construction techniques.
| Type: | Proceedings paper |
|---|---|
| Title: | BIM enabled optimisation framework for environmentally responsible and structurally efficient design systems |
| Event: | ISARC 2015, 32nd International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction and Mining: Connected to the Future, Proceedings |
| ISBN-13: | 9789517585972 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.22260/ISARC2015/0096 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.22260/ISARC2015/0096 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1504268 |
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