Emerging Architectural Potentials of Tunable Materiality through Additive Fabrication Technologies
2.4 Hypothesis II - The research claims that multi-material additive fabrication processes can be used for the creation of a digitally defined heterogeneous materiality in three dimensions through variation in its material composition within its internal periodic substructure.
- The research claims that FEM-based processes can be applied to define the distribution of the different materials within a digital model that can be fabricated accordingly.
- The research claims that existing research in the field of material science and structural mechanics, especially the field of Functionally Graded Materials, can be integrated to benefit the development of such a process.
- The research claims that a correlation between the desired structural performance scenario and material composition can be achieved through local control over the material’s mechanical properties.
- The research claims that the planned design and fabrication of a heterogeneous material utilises the special intensive properties of multi-material fabrication processes for the creation of a material that can only be materialised in such a manner.
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