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Jerome J. Connor.
Merello, Riccardo
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
2006-11-07T13:30:57Z
2006-11-07T13:30:57Z
2006
2006
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/34591
71250540
Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2006.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 56-57).
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.
by Riccardo Merello.
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