Krishnan, S. (2017, June), Deployable Structures: An Interdisciplinary Design Process  Paper presented at 2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Columbus, Ohio. 10.18260/1-2--28104

\bibitem{asee_peer_28104}
  Krishnan, S. (2017, June), \emph{Deployable Structures: An Interdisciplinary Design Process}
  Paper presented at 2017 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Columbus, Ohio.
  10.18260/1-2--28104

Sudarshan Krishnan.  "Deployable Structures: An Interdisciplinary Design Process".  2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Columbus, Ohio, 2017, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2017.  https://peer.asee.org/28104 Internet.  14 Dec, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_28104}
  Sudarshan Krishnan.
  "Deployable Structures: An Interdisciplinary Design Process".
  \emph{2017 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Columbus, Ohio, 2017, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2017.
  https://peer.asee.org/28104 Internet.  14 Dec, 2024

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - History reveals that architects and engineers have constantly sought new and creative structural systems. Many special systems have thus evolved, namely: deployable structures, tensegrity, tensioned-membrane and other unconventional systems. 

Deployable structures find use in terrestrial architecture and outer-space applications. Disaster-relief and other emergency shelters need minimal storage space and rapid assembly on site. Temporary events such as market spaces and Worlds’ Fairs have similar requirements. Space explorations require compact and rapidly deployable assemblies; these include solar arrays, antennas, reflectors, among others. Beyond these applications, there is also excitement and inspiration that deployable geometries offer to artists, industrial designers, mathematicians, and biologists.

This paper emphasizes the need for interdisciplinary design thinking to tap the creative and intellectual potential from various disciplines for the design of deployable structures. The paper desscribes why knowledge from biology, mathematics, material science and engineering together can inform design thinking effectively. Select assignments and projects are included as examples.

Keywords: Interdisciplinary, structures, deployable, tensegrity, disaster-relief, outer-space, project-based learning.


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