The application of fractal geometry to the design of grid or reticulated shell structures

CAD Computer Aided Design

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-59

  Vyzantiadou, M A ^a   Avdelas, A V ^a   Zafiropoulos, S ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Architectural design; Computer aided design; Fractal geometry

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

COMPLEXITY SCIENCES; FRACTAL GEOMETRY; HYPERBOLIC PARABOLOID;

FRACTALS;

EID: 33845946198     PISSN: 00104485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cad.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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