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• Design and Fabrication of Shell Structures Aided by Radial Basis Functions and Reconfigurable Mechanisms

  Yu-Chou Chiang

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  Shell structures carry loads with their thin yet curved shapes. Being thin means shells require little material, which is desirable for minimizing embodied carbon footprints. However, the feature of being curved implies shells require immense effort to design and fabricate. To address the challenges, this dissertation consists of three parts: developing a design algorithm based on radial basis functions (RBFs), inventing a fabrication technique based on reconfigurable mechanisms, and...