Publications by Seyed Sina Nabaei

Form finding of twisted interlaced structures: a hybrid approach

Yves Weinand, Seyed Sina Nabaei, Olivier Baverel

Our study presents a set of form-finding procedures to explore curved structures made from interlaced panels. Interlacing introduces a particular coupling between assembly components which has to be formulated along with a pertinent flexible body model. We ...

Springer2015

Mechanical form-finding of timber fabric structures

Seyed Sina Nabaei

How about fastening a knot? not with ropes... but with timber panels. Timber Fabric Structures (TFS) originate from such an inspiration. An architectural reinterpretation of fabric techniques (mainly braiding) using building scale timber panels to design ...

EPFL2014

Form-Finding Of Interlaced Space Structures

Yves Weinand, Seyed Sina Nabaei, Olivier Baverel

By Interlaced Space Structures (ISS) we mean a coupled system of naturally curved flexible panels/strips interlaced together according to a design pattern. We are looking for a physically-based and efficient form-finding procedure in order to interactively ...

Int Center Numerical Methods Engineering2014

Mechanical form-Finding of the Timber Fabric Structures with Dynamic Relaxation Method

Yves Weinand, Seyed Sina Nabaei, Olivier Baverel

Timber Fabric structures (TFS) initiate from a correspondence between textile principles and recent industrial developments in producing cross laminated timber panels. Several individual timber strips are interlaced according to a pattern and result in an ...

2013

Geometrical description and Structural analysis of a Modular Timber Structure

Yves Weinand, Seyed Sina Nabaei

The ambitious goal of the ongoing research at IBOIS, the Laboratory of timber constructions at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) is to develop a next generation of timber constructions made out of innovative timber-derived products, throu ...

2011

Geometrical description and structural analysis of a modular timber structure

Yves Weinand, Seyed Sina Nabaei, Olivier Baverel

The ambitious goal of the ongoing research at IBOIS, the Laboratory of timber constructions at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) is to develop a next generation of timber constructions made out of innovative timber-derived products, throu ...

2011