SimAUD 2020 workshop

SiDMACIB is a Plug-in to design the structurally feasible masonry assemblages of interlocking blocks with diverse typologies. Interlocking blocks are units which, on their faces, have locks keeping the blocks together and increas-ing the block sliding resistance without adhesives during or after the construction. Use of dry-stacked interlocking assemblages is not a new concept in architecture. They can be observed in Roman arches, Japanese wooden joineries and flat arches constructed in 17th century. Recently advanced digital fabri-cation technologies enable the manufacture of interlocking assemblages with arbitrary shapes, increas-ing the popularity of interlocking joints to produce objects with complex shapes like industrial bodies, buildings, furniture. SiDMACIB designs corrugated interlocking interface. These joints have orthotropic sliding re-sistance, i.e., two different sliding behaviours in two orthogonal directions. Modelling a single layer shell with arbitrary shape the plug-in: Discretizes the model using stack and running bond pattern and model openings on the shell; Models the interlocking interfaces given the number and orientation of locks; Evaluates the structural feasibility of the model using the extended limit analysis to ortho-tropic interfaces; Quantifies the infeasibility due to the sliding resistance violation; Automatically adjusts the shape of the interlocking interfaces to minimize the infeasibility. Requirements: Familiarity with Grasshopper. A laptop preferably with Windows 10. Grasshopper 6 and MATLAB software