Structural engineering can nowadays make use of very remarkable computational tools. This availability can lead to the assertion that the entire process of designing and verifying the quality of a work can be automated. Paradoxically, the opposite is true: powerful tools require deep reflections on the basics of structural design in order to consciously and consciously address the representation and optimization procedures available today. In this way, optimization can represent an effective fundamental component of structural design, in order to try to maximize the performance of the works and their sustainability. In order to obtain correct optimization, it is therefore necessary to examine the roots of the design, to understand its meanings and evaluate the limits of the different numerical implementations. The lessons of the course will develop the concepts underlying structural optimization while simultaneously presenting specific significant applications.
November 25, 2024 - 3:00pm-6:00pm, November 26-27, 2024 - 10:00am-1:00om, 3:00pm-6:00pm, and November 28, 2024 - 10:00am-1:00pm, 2:00pm-6:00pm
The course will take place in blended mode: in presence at the Aula Seminari Capannone C, Faculty of Architecture, via Gramsci 53, Rome and online via Zoom.
NOTE 1: PhD students of the DISG program, who are interested, are ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND IN PERSON (remote participation alone, unless justified by specific circumstances, will not be considered for the purposes.
NOTE2: For all courses supplied by the PhD Program of the DISG credits are not provided: a certificate of attendance will be produced upon request (only after a check of the effective presence).