Design of a building structural skin using multi-objective optimization techniques
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Author(s)
Merello, Riccardo
Advisor(s)
Jerome J. Connor.
Date Issued
2006
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
Multi-disciplinary System Design Optimization was used to design the geometry and to select the materials for the structural facade of a building. A multi-objective optimization model was developed, capable of optimizing the design of the facade on the basis of a lighting analysis of the interior, of a thermal analysis of the cooling loads corresponding to the skin configuration, and of a finite elements analysis of the supporting structure. The system also considers the need for transparency in the facade due to view requirements of the occupants, and the cost of cladding materials. A scalarization approach to MDO, via utility functions, was chosen, and the overall objective function was optimized using Genetic Algorithms.
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Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2006.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 56-57).
Subjects
Civil and Environmental Engineering.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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