Rhino-Membrane at the Design Modelling Symposium Berlin 2009

The form finding plugin Rhino-Membrane will be presented at a workshop at the Design Modelling Symposium, which will take place in October 2009 in Berlin.

Using the program "Rhino Membrane", this workshop presents the latest trends in numerical form-finding of prestressed membrane structures. Beside the calculation of real minimal surfaces with isotropic prestress, advanced topics like anisotropic prestress and form finding of pneumatic structures are discussed.

Rhino Membrane is a plug-in for Rhinoceros 4.0 and offers the designer the possibility to combine the effective user-interface of the well-known 3D-modelling software with the advantages of a "state-of-the-art" form finding program. The algorithm is based on modern FE technology and includes three- and four-node membrane elements as well as cable elements for the design of edge and loop cables and cable nets.

The workshop will be lead by Johannes Linhard, Research Associate at the Chair of Structural Analysis (TU München) and beside Gerry D'Anza and Prof. Kai-Uwe Bletzinger developer of Rhino Membrane.

For the exact dates and further information, please have a look at the official website of the conference.