Knostrop Footbridge – Innovative Design Solutions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Bowmer ◽  
James Harrison-King
Keyword(s):  
Iterative Process ◽  
Innovative Approach ◽  
Innovative Design ◽  
Intended Purpose ◽  
Design Solutions ◽  
Local Use ◽  
The City ◽  
Principle Objective ◽  
Lifetime Maintenance

<p>Knostrop Footbridge was designed and constructed as part of the Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme. The project’s principle objective was to provide new walking and cycling routes along the River Aire, as well as creating a landmark gateway to the city. Given the intended purpose, budget, programme, and site constraints, a list of key aspirations was developed:</p><ul><li><p>Creation of a slender, flowing structure which “floats” over the water and encourages local use and interest.</p></li><li><p>Simplified construction through off-site fabrication and streamlined installation.</p></li><li><p>Mirroring the alignment of the soon to be constructed Knostrop Weir and utilising the weir walls for sub structure support, all whilst accommodating the construction lag between the weir and the bridge.</p></li><li><p>A durable, low maintenance structure is essential with the difficult access constraints of the weir.</p></li></ul><p>Achieving the above in combination required an innovative approach. Numerous potential solutions were developed, experimented with, and analysed, prior to finalising the design.</p><p>This iterative process allowed the bridge to develop into a unique, innovative, and recognisable design, and one which exceeded expectations to efficiently fulfil its purpose with minimal anticipated lifetime maintenance.</p><p>This paper presents the innovative design solutions adopted in overcoming the various challenges and achieving the design aspirations.</p>

Concerning the Concept of Light-Colour Arrangement of the Urban Environment in the Central Part of Tyumen

2020 ◽  
pp. 34-42
Author(s):  
Nikolay I. Shchepetkov ◽  
Svetlana B. Kapeleva ◽  
Denis V. Bugaev ◽  
Gregory S. Matovnikov ◽  
Anna S. Kostareva
Keyword(s):  
Urban Environment ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Assessment Criteria ◽  
Field Observations ◽  
General Plan ◽  
Design Solutions ◽  
Methodological Principles ◽  
The City

The article provides a comprehensive analysis of outdoor lighting in the central part of Tyumen (with consideration of conducted field observations) and prospects of its development on the basis of the general plan of illumination of the central part of the city being under design. Main provisions of this general plan as well as methodological principles and assessment criteria of design solutions illustrat-ed by photographs, schemes and visualisations of the illuminated objects are described.

Design for Additive Manufacturing Inspired by TRIZ

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jared Gross ◽  
Kijung Park ◽  
Gül E. Okudan Kremer
Keyword(s):  
Additive Manufacturing ◽  
Design Decision ◽  
Design For Additive Manufacturing ◽  
Specific Design ◽  
Innovative Design ◽  
Creative Solutions ◽  
Design Solutions ◽  
Manufacturing Techniques ◽  
Effective Design ◽  
Matrix Case

With the rise in popularity of additive manufacturing (AM), relevant design methodologies have become necessary for designers to reap the full benefits from this technology. TRIZ is a problem-solving tool developed to assist with innovative and creative solutions. This paper aims to create a new TRIZ matrix specifically developed for designers using additive manufacturing. The TRIZ matrix offers designers general innovative design solutions to improve specific features of a design while not sacrificing the effectiveness of other features. The proposed matrix can help effective design decision making for additive manufacturing in an early design process as well as a redesign process. Also, a design for additive manufacturing (DfAM) worksheet is provided to enable users to easily find specific design solutions for certain additive manufacturing techniques based on the general solutions derived by the TRIZ matrix. To illustrate the potential of this AM specific TRIZ matrix, case studies are presented.

IMAGINING THE CITY OF TOMORROW THROUGH FORESIGHT AND INNOVATIVE DESIGN: TOWARDS THE REGENERATION OF URBAN PLANNING ROUTINES?

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-54
Author(s):  
Nicolas Lavoie ◽  
Christophe Abrassart ◽  
Franck Scherrer
Keyword(s):  
Public Transportation ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Dynamic Capability ◽  
Urban District ◽  
Innovative Design ◽  
Urban Planner ◽  
Design Activities ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Design Theories ◽  
The City

Ecological and digital transitions alongside concerns over social inequalities have signalled the advent of complex new challenges for contemporary cities. These challenges raise issues pertaining to the dynamic capability of urban planners: more specifically, their ability to revise their tools and planning routines in urban projects. New paradigms of collective action for the transition towards innovative cities have been developed in large organisations. European companies, especially in public transportation, have developed such tools based on innovative design theories. One of these methodological tools, the Definition-Knowledge-Concept-Proposition (DKCP) process, was used to generate a new range of planning options for an urban district in Montreal, Canada. For many municipal organisations, the formulation of innovative ideas only concerns one stage of the process, represented by the ‘P’ phase. However, innovative routines should rather include the earlier phases of identifying the scope of possible innovations, the search for intriguing knowledge and disruptive design activities. The desire to tackle the complex challenges of 21st century cities has led to a new professional identity: the ‘innovative urban planner’.

scholarly journals Investigation of C-K Theory Based Approach for Innovative Solutions in Bioinspired Design

Designs ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
Prabaharan Graceraj P. ◽  
Jacquelyn K. Nagel ◽  
Christopher S. Rose ◽  
Ramana M. Pidaparti
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Support Vector ◽  
James Madison ◽  
Innovative Design ◽  
University Of Georgia ◽  
Bioinspired Design ◽  
Design Projects ◽  
Design Solutions ◽  
K Theory

This paper discusses the investigation of a Concept-Knowledge (C-K) theory based approach for generating innovative design solutions in bioinspired design projects. Undergraduate students enrolled in sophomore engineering design courses at both the University of Georgia (UGA) and James Madison University (JMU) completed bioinspired design projects using C-K theory based templates. Hypothesis testing, principal component analysis (PCA) and support vector machine (SVM) techniques were applied on the students’ performance scores of a C-K theory based bioinspired design process to identify the biomimicry attributes which supported the evolution of innovative design solutions. Results from the analysis suggest that the C-K theory based approach is useful for generating innovative design solutions.

An I-Ching-TRIZ-Inspired Approach to Design Concept Generation

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duc Truong Pham ◽  
Huimin Liu
Keyword(s):  
Design Concept ◽  
Design Solution ◽  
Concept Generation ◽  
I Ching ◽  
Innovative Design ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Design Concepts ◽  
Aircraft Cabin ◽  
Design Specifications ◽  
Design Solutions

This paper presents a new approach to producing innovative design concepts. The proposed approach involves extending the inventive principles of TRIZ by integrating other TRIZ and TRIZ-inspired tools. The set of inventive principles is then structured according to a framework adapted from I-Ching and represented using TRIZ’s Behaviour-Entity (BE) formalism to which constraints have also been added. The adoption of the BE representation enables a reduction in the amount of repeated information in the inventive principles. A BE pair contains information on a design solution. A Behaviour-Entity-Constraint (BEC) triple additionally has information on constraints on the solution. The BEC representation thus facilitates the retrieval and generation of design solutions from design specifications. The paper uses the problem of laying out seats in an aircraft cabin to illustrate advantages of the proposed approach.

scholarly journals THE THEATER OF MUSICAL COMEDY IN ROSTOV-ON-DON: ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNS AND THEIR IMPLEMENTATION

2020 ◽  
pp. 11-11
Author(s):  
Nadezhda R. Sidorenko
Keyword(s):  
Design And Implementation ◽  
Unique Structure ◽  
Musical Comedy ◽  
History Of ◽  
Design Solutions ◽  
History Of Design ◽  
The City

The Theater of Musical Comedy in Rostov-on-Don is a unique structure that clearly reflects the features of Soviet modernism. This landmark building is known for its long history of design and implementation (1969-1999). Its construction lasted almost 25 years. This, of course, affected the architectural and artistic appearance of the building. The various design proposals and the actual project have significant differences in stylistic techniques: the bold forms of brutalism appearing in the initial developments remained on paper and the building that embellished the central street of the city was significantly influenced by the minimalistic trends of the 1990s. Based on archival materials, the paper attempts to analyze the evolution of the theater’s design solutions, evolving from eccentric dynamic volumes to a static monumental composition, shows the changes that took place during implementation, and identifies their causes and contexts.

scholarly journals public spaces

2021 ◽  
pp. 99-99
Author(s):  
Elena Grigoryeva
Keyword(s):  
Urban Infrastructure ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Innovative Approach ◽  
Urban Gardens ◽  
Therapeutic Role ◽  
The Public ◽  
History Of ◽  
Integral Element ◽  
The City

Nowadays, one can hardly deny the importance of the system of public spaces. Its role as an integral element of urban infrastructure is actively studied, yet not fully comprehended. This section presents a collection of publications devoted to the history of the question using the example of public spaces in Krasnoyarsk. The therapeutic role of urban gardens is an example of the innovative approach of the Crimean scientists to the problem of the city infrastructure.Philosophy of separate objects is discussed in the articles of our regular authors. The fountain and the city well, of course, are both part of the public spaces and part of the engineering infrastructure that (for free!) ensures life of the city and citizens. The city is indeed rooted in wells.

scholarly journals Design and FEM strength analysis of an innovative design of a front loader with an extension dedicated to the KUBOTA M5

2021 ◽  
Vol 1199 (1) ◽  
pp. 012010
Author(s):  
Łukasz Gierz ◽  
Tomasz Zwiachel ◽  
Mikołaj Spadło ◽  
Zharkevich Olga ◽  
Aliya Kukesheva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Foreign Market ◽  
Good Chance ◽  
Strength Analysis ◽  
Innovative Design ◽  
Fem Method ◽  
Design Solutions ◽  
The One ◽  
Agricultural Tractor

Abstract Most of the front loaders are compact structures that do not allow loading at greater heights. On the Polish and foreign market, there was a need to develop a front loader design that would allow to increase the loading height. As a result, the front loader was designed a front loader with the possibility of extending the arms for the Kubota M5 agricultural tractor. The system enables unloading and loading of cubes, straw and hay bales on higher piles. Before starting the design process, the available front loader solutions were analyzed and on this basis, three concepts of design solutions were proposed. These concepts were scored on the basis of the adopted criteria and the one with the highest number of points was selected. For the selected concept, strength analytical calculations and verification calculations using the FEM method were performed. The developed loader is innovative compared to other available designs and has a good chance of implementation.

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