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ESO法によるトラスの進化計算
(画像のダブルタップで動画が見れます。)
各部材に作用する力を計算する構造解析を行った後、力をあまり負担しない部材を除去、大きな力を負担している部材を太くしていきます。上記の操作を繰り返すコンピュータプログラムを作成し、計算実行することで、最適な構造形態が浮かび上がります
Building Structures Lab (SAWADA Lab)
Shimane Univ.
Key Words:Minumum Weight Design,Minimum Cost, Corrosion, Large deforamble braces, Shell structures
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〇Movie and Image
An Initial Morphogenesis tool for Shell Roofings
We have developed a 3D modeling tool that facilitates the initial form creation of shell roofs. The videos and images below are examples of creation using this tool.
(See SAWADA2023 https://doi.org/10.20898/j.iass.2023.015)



建築デザインセミナー受講生による3Dプリ ント製作

建築デザインセミナー受講生による3Dプリント製作
Structural optimization by ESO method
↓Load Point
Fixed node
Fixed node
After performing a structural analysis to calculate the forces acting on each member, we remove members that do not bear much force, and increase the thickness of members that bear large forces. By creating a computer program that repeats the above operations and performing calculations, the optimal structural form emerges.
Optimization of Cylindrical truss towers by Differential Evolution



This shows the evolution calculation process of a cylindrical truss using Differential Evolution. We are searching for a truss topology pattern that minimizes the displacement of the load point by fixing the nodes of the cylindrical truss legs and applying a horizontal load perpendicular to the top node.
〇Competition proposals by Sawada laboratory students

〇Recent Works (open access)
・Sawada, Kiichiro, and Sousuke Nakano. "Geometric Classifications of Free-Form Surfaces in the Imaginary Parameter Space of DFT-Based Technique." Journal of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures 66.4 (2025): 272-283.(https://ir.lib.shimane-u.ac.jp/56037)
・Rashid, Md Harun Ur, Shingo KOMATSU, and Kiichiro SAWADA. "Performance of optimized large deformable elastic plates under tensile load." Journal of Structural Engineering B 71 (2025): 103-112. (https://doi.org/10.3130/aijjse.71B.0_103)
・An Initial-Morphogenesis Technique of Free-Form Shell Roofing Based on a Fourier Transform, Journal of the IASS, 2023 (https://doi.org/10.20898/j.iass.2023.015)
・A Study on Multi-Objective Optimization of Large Deformable Elastic Plates, Buildings, 2022 (https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12091323)
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