At my October 03, 2019 meeting with Moh, Moh mentioned that he had not been able to optimize the dimensions of the leg. I wanted to figure out if it was possible to optimize dimensions of the legs, just as Moh had optimized dimensions of the concrete beam. To do this, I first had to gain an understanding of the different dimensions that were present in the legs and how they affected the yield strength of the legs.
To start this, I consulted the Katerra concept presentation to find all of the dimensions for the slabs of the leg.
Dimensions of the slab leg, as provided in the Katerra concept presentation. All dimensions are in mm.
I noted the dimensions present and how they related in order to convert them into a generalized model of a single leg.
Notes on the dimensions in each leg and how they relate.
I then converted these notes into MATLAB code and I then converted my hand-drawn notes into MATLAB code and plugged in the values from the concept presentation to create a visual depiction of the model output for these dimensions. This figure verifies that the code successfully models the leg dimensions as given in the Katerra concept presentation.
Model output of leg with dimensions from Katerra concept presentation.
Currently the model displays the dimensions of the leg, given input dimensions. The next steps are to optimize the dimensions given a minimal number of inputted constraintsFor more information, please see my fully commented MATLAB code.