7 papers
The force as a function: Towards analytical graphic statics for spatial structures
Tamás Baranyai
One of the most influential early works in graphic statics is one of Maxwell, where he introduced the idea of a discontinuous stress function and the use of a 3D projective polarit…
Structural parts as quadrics -- elasticity ellipses revisited
Tamás Baranyai
Elasticity ellipses or central ellipses have been long used in graphic statics to capture the elastic behaviour of structural elements. The paper gives a generalisation the concept…
On transformations and graphic methods of algebraically 3 dimensional force, velocity and displacement systems
Tamás Baranyai
In engineering practice one often encounters planar problems, where the corresponding vector space of forces, velocities or (infinitesimal) displacements is three dimensional. This…
Analytical graphic statics
Tamás Baranyai
Graphic statics is undergoing a renaissance, with computerized visual representation becoming both easier and more spectacular as time passes. While methods of the past are revived…
Beyond polarities: Generalizing Maxwell's reciprocal diagrams
Tamás Baranyai
A pair of ovservations on the role of projective geometrical dualities in graphic statics.
On the duality of space-trusses and plate structures of rigid plates and elastic edges
Tamás Baranyai
Dualities have been known to map space trusses and plate structures to each other since the 1980-s. Yet the computational similarity of the two has not been used to solve the unfam…