MIT CSHub to Host Webinar on Complex Floor System Design

The MIT CSHub will hold a webinar titled Structural Analysis at Scale; A Computational Inquiry into Complex Floor Systems on Monday, October 27, at 11 a.m. Eastern time.

With the growing acuteness of the climate crisis, it has become increasingly important to develop realistic carbon-conscious construction and architectural design strategies. One high-impact area to focus on is the material efficiency of flexural systems, particularly floors. Floors are among the most materials-intensive structural components in buildings and while decades of research have explored optimal floor system design, the complexity of proposed solutions has limited their practical implementation. This talk will discuss a comprehensive computational pipeline that narrows the gap between the theoretically optimal and the practically buildable for flat-slab floor systems supported by Nervi-like ribs.

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