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dc.contributor.authorCroll, Jessie
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-27 13:03:58 (GMT)
dc.date.available2021-05-27 13:03:58 (GMT)
dc.date.issued2021-05-27
dc.date.submitted2021-05-19
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/17028
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explores an iterative modelling and fabrication process for fibre-based composites through the design of a lightweight, portable shelter for backpacking and mountaineering. Existing tent typologies compromise either lightness or strength, leaving users to choose between lightweight and minimal enclosures that require flat, dry land upon which to be pitched or bulky and robust shelter systems that can be suspended when a ground pitch is not an option. Designers’ ability to address these trade-offs with more complex solutions has been limited by the amount of time required to manufacture one-off prototypes and the cost of high-performance materials. This project demonstrates how a design process that combines computational modelling tools and low-fidelity physical prototypes can be used to optimize the flexible composite membrane of an ultralight tensile structure and increase the functional performance of subsequent high-fidelity physical prototypes. Modelling and fabrication methods from racing sail design — which rely on finite element analysis models to inform the placement of high modulus filaments — are adapted to simulate and fabricate an uncompromising and adaptive tent system. Through a fibre-based composite architecture, the application of this integrative fabrication approach can significantly improve the portability and mechanical strength of a wide range of lightweight shelters.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Waterlooen
dc.subjectfibre architectureen
dc.subjecttentsen
dc.subjecttensile structuresen
dc.subjectportable architectureen
dc.subjectprototypingen
dc.subjectparametric modellingen
dc.subjectmaterial investigationen
dc.titleHybrid Bivouac: High-Modulus Composite Membranes for Portable Sheltersen
dc.typeMaster Thesisen
dc.pendingfalse
uws-etd.degree.departmentSchool of Architectureen
uws-etd.degree.disciplineArchitectureen
uws-etd.degree.grantorUniversity of Waterlooen
uws-etd.degreeMaster of Architectureen
uws-etd.embargo.terms0en
uws.contributor.advisorCorrea, David
uws.contributor.advisorPrzybylski, Maya
uws.contributor.affiliation1Faculty of Engineeringen
uws.published.cityWaterlooen
uws.published.countryCanadaen
uws.published.provinceOntarioen
uws.typeOfResourceTexten
uws.peerReviewStatusUnrevieweden
uws.scholarLevelGraduateen


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