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14 August 2025

Loop shaping the controller for high-order systems, especially in the presence of flexible transmission components such as elastic shafts, gearboxes, and belts commonly found in servo systems, poses significant challenges. Therefore, developing a non...

(This article belongs to the Topic Advanced Electrical Machines and Drives Technologies, 2nd Edition)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,773 Views
6 Pages

Non-Parametric Shape Optimization of a Football Boot Bottom Plate

  • Jeong-Ro Lee,
  • Andy Harland and
  • Jonathan Roberts

This paper describes the non-parametric shape optimization process for a football boot bottom plate. The non-parametric shape optimization process changes the nodes’ location of a model and outputs an optimum shape, which satisfies an optimizat...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 13th Conference of the International Sports Engineering Association)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
8,463 Views
13 Pages

Shaping building objects is conditioned by many interrelated factors, both architectural and structural. Modern tools for shaping structures working in the environment of Rhinoceros 3D such as Grasshopper and Karamba 3D enable algorithmic-aided shapi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue IT in Design, Construction, and Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,775 Views
19 Pages

13 August 2023

With the development of information technology, the introduction of information technology into architectural modelling and façade design and the systematic definition of historic districts is a problem that the architectural industry continue...

(This article belongs to the Section Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,199 Views
20 Pages

3 September 2025

This paper introduces a novel Underclothing Body Shape Perception Network (UBSP-Net) for reconstructing parametric 3D human models from clothed full-body 3D scans, addressing the challenge of estimating body shape and pose beneath clothing. Our appro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,833 Views
21 Pages

New Parametric 2D Curves for Modeling Prostate Shape in Magnetic Resonance Images

  • Rosario Corso,
  • Albert Comelli,
  • Giuseppe Salvaggio and
  • Domenico Tegolo

17 June 2024

Geometric shape models often help to extract specific contours in digital images (the segmentation process) with major precision. Motivated by this idea, we introduce two models for the representation of prostate shape in the axial plane of magnetic...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Papers in Mathematics Section)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,239 Views
16 Pages

5 February 2023

In recent years, hollow fan blades have been widely used to meet the requirements of aeroengines for lightweight and better performance. However, the hollow fan blade will change from the manufacture shape to the operating shape with large deformatio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
907 Views
13 Pages

The Parametrization of Thermoelastic Martensite Phase Transformations at Constant Stress in Shape Memory Alloys Using a Sigmoidal Boltzmann Function

  • Maxim A. Orlov,
  • Matvey G. Fedin,
  • Vladimir S. Kalashnikov,
  • Victor V. Koledov and ,
  • Kirill D. Aksenov,
  • Anton V. Nesolenov,
  • Gulbarshin K. Shambilova,
  • Georgy I. Makarov and
  • Ivan S. Levin
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

6 February 2026

The parametrization of the thermomechanical behavior of shape memory alloys (SMAs) under constant load is described in terms of their functional properties. The deformation–temperature–stress behavior of SMAs from various alloy systems&md...

  • Article
  • Open Access
134 Views
30 Pages

27 October 2026

Automated reinforcement modeling of variable-section special-shaped columns remains challenging because sectional variation simultaneously affects longitudinal-bar trajectories and stirrup configurations. This study proposes a geometry-driven paramet...

(This article belongs to the Section Construction Management, and Computers & Digitization)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,083 Views
16 Pages

Parametric Design of Porous Structure and Optimal Porosity Gradient Distribution Based on Root-Shaped Implants

  • Lijian Liu,
  • Shaobo Ma,
  • Yongkang Zhang,
  • Shouxiao Zhu and ,
  • Shuxuan Wu,
  • Guang Liu and
  • Guang Yang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

29 February 2024

Porous structures can reduce the elastic modulus of implants, decrease stress shielding, and avoid bone loss in the alveolar bone and aseptic loosening of implants; however, there is a mismatch between yield strength and elastic modulus as well as bi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,682 Views
23 Pages

13 February 2026

Despite the aesthetic potential of free-form envelopes in large-scale public buildings, geometric interlacing complexity, ambiguous façade boundaries, and constructability translation gaps persist as systemic barriers. This study addresses the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
484 Views
25 Pages

14 August 2026

To systematically investigate the effects of C-shaped and rectangular steel frames on the seismic performance of assembled composite shear walls, this paper, based on the validation of existing pseudo-static test results, employs ABAQUS software to e...

(This article belongs to the Section Building Materials, and Repair & Renovation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,942 Views
23 Pages

17 January 2019

Pipelines typically exhibit significant inelastic deformation under various loading conditions, making it imperative for limit state design to include considerations for the deformational capacity of pipelines. The methods employed to achieve higher...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Trends in Advanced High-Strength Steels)
  • Article
  • Open Access
949 Views
30 Pages

30 July 2025

This article presents a new method of parametric shaping of buildings with buffer spaces characterized by complex forms and effective thermal operation in the moderate climate of the Central Europe Plane. The parameterization of an elaborated thermal...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Energy Efficiency of the Buildings: 3rd Edition)
  • Communication
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,527 Views
14 Pages

Arbitrary Time Shaping of Broadband Low-Coherence Light Based on Optical Parametric Amplification

  • Yue Wang,
  • Xiaochao Wang,
  • Meizhi Sun,
  • Xiao Liang and ,
  • Hui Wei and
  • Wei Fan
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Laser–plasma interactions (LPIs) hinder the interaction of high-energy laser pulses with targets. The use of broadband low-coherence light has been proposed to reduce the impact of LPIs. In this study, to improve the time–frequency charac...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,871 Views
20 Pages

29 May 2020

Parametric complexity of the thermomechanical shape memory alloy (SMA) model is one of the major barriers to advanced application of the SMA actuation in adaptive architecture. This article seeks to provide architectural practitioners with decision-m...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Design, Characterization and Novel Applications of Shape Memory Alloys)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,453 Views
37 Pages

6 May 2020

The article is an original insight into interdisciplinary challenges of shaping innovative unconventional complex free form buildings roofed with multi-segment shell structures arranged with using novel parametric regular networks. The roof structure...

(This article belongs to the Section C: Physics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,092 Views
15 Pages

20 February 2023

Aiming at the problem that thermocouples used in different parts of aeroengines need a lot of repeated design work in application and the high precision requirements as special test sensors, a parameterized optimization method for a thermocouple shap...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Aerodynamic Shape Optimization)
  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
2,771 Views
24 Pages

31 May 2021

In this paper, we introduce and investigate a new class of the parametric generalization of the Baskakov-Schurer-Szász-Stancu operators, which considerably extends the well-known class of the classical Baskakov-Schurer-Szász-Stancu approximation oper...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Directions in Theory of Approximation and Related Problems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
5,776 Views
32 Pages

Generalized Fractional Bézier Curve with Shape Parameters

  • Syed Ahmad Aidil Adha Said Mad Zain,
  • Md Yushalify Misro and
  • Kenjiro T. Miura

2 September 2021

The construction of new basis functions for the Bézier or B-spline curve has been one of the most popular themes in recent studies in Computer Aided Geometric Design (CAGD). Implementing the new basis functions with shape parameters provides a differ...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modern Geometric Modeling: Theory and Applications II)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,852 Views
22 Pages

1 April 2020

The parametric method of product design is a pivotal and practical technique in computer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM) and used in many manufacturing sectors. In this paper, we presented a novel parametric method to design a kitchen produc...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Selected Papers Symmetry 2021—the Third Edition of the International Conference on Symmetry)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,246 Views
22 Pages

22 November 2019

The paper presents an innovative approach to solving interdisciplinary problems emerging in the design process of building free forms roofed with elastically transformed corrugated shells. The effectiveness and rationality of shaping such free forms...

(This article belongs to the Section C: Physics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
6,427 Views
31 Pages

12 June 2020

The main objective of this paper is to construct the various shapes and font designing of curves and to describe the curvature by using parametric and geometric continuity constraints of generalized hybrid trigonometric Bézier (GHT-Bézi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modern Geometric Modeling: Theory and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
783 Views
25 Pages

Shaping Efficiency: Parametric Design for Schwedler Domes

  • Ahmed Fathy Aly Omar Ibrahim,
  • Katarzyna Jeleniewicz and
  • Artur Piekarczuk

27 April 2026

Lightweight structures such as Schwedler domes offer high strength-to-weight ratios for large-span applications; however, their design typically involves time-consuming iterative processes. This study proposes an integrated parametric workflow combin...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Lightweight Structural Materials in Civil Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,006 Views
21 Pages

An Experimental and Numerical Parametric Study on a Novel T-Shaped Steel–Concrete Composite Shear Wall

  • Xuan Mo,
  • Zhijun Yuan,
  • Yigang Jia,
  • Liangjian Lu and ,
  • Xianglan Wei and
  • Naiwen Ke
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

In this paper, a novel T-shaped steel–concrete composite shear wall (TSCCW) is proposed. Low-cycle reciprocating tests were carried out on the TSCCW to investigate its performance in terms of its damage characteristics, hysteretic properties, e...

(This article belongs to the Section Building Structures)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,627 Views
17 Pages

13 December 2022

In this study, a method, in which parametric design and robotic fabrication are combined into one unified framework, and integrated within a mixed reality environment, where designers can interact with design and fabrication alternatives, and manage...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Extended Reality Applications in Industrial Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,692 Views
16 Pages

20 October 2021

In order to solve the problem of geometric design and architectural design of complex engineering surface, we introduce the parametric and geometric continuity constraints of generalized C-Bézier curves and surfaces with shape parameters. Firstly, ba...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,041 Views
23 Pages

15 June 2024

This article describes a novel fusion of a generative formal model for three-dimensional (3D) shapes with deep learning (DL) methods to understand the geometric structure of 3D objects and the relationships between their components, given a collectio...

(This article belongs to the Section Sensing and Imaging)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,750 Views
23 Pages

A Study of Free-Form Shape Rationalization Using Biomimicry as Inspiration

  • Gaurab Sundar Dutta,
  • Dieter Meiners and
  • Nina Merkert

26 May 2023

Bridging the gap between the material and geometrical aspects of a structure is critical in lightweight construction. Throughout the history of structural development, shape rationalization has been of prime focus for designers and architects, with b...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Manufacturing of Polymer-Matrix Composites)
  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
4,120 Views
17 Pages

6 November 2020

This study presents a novel heat exchanger configuration, called a deeply penetrating U-shaped configuration, for energy piles. The outlet water temperature, temperature variation along the tube, and heat transfer rate are simulated and computed usin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,013 Views
21 Pages

Shape-Informed Dimensional Reduction in Airfoil/Hydrofoil Modeling

  • Zahid Masood,
  • Konstantinos V. Kostas,
  • Shahroz Khan and
  • Panagiotis D. Kaklis

23 September 2023

Parametric models have been widely used in pertinent literature for reconstructing, modifying and representing a wide range of airfoil and/or hydrofoil profile geometries. Design spaces corresponding to these models can be exploited for modeling and...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Machine Learning and Modeling for Ship Design)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,211 Views
16 Pages

Given a triangular mesh in R3 with a family of points associated with its vertices along with vectors associated with its edges, we propose a novel technique for the construction of locally generated fitting parametrized G1-spline interpolation surfa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
7,015 Views
14 Pages

28 February 2020

The paper concerns shaping curvilinear steel bar structures that are hyperbolic paraboloid canopy roofs by means of parametric design software Rhinoceros/Grasshopper and Karamba 3D. Hyperbolic paraboloid shape has found applications in various soluti...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Architecture and Engineering: the Challenges - Trends - Achievements)
  • Review
  • Open Access
591 Views
34 Pages

Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Hull Design: Design Principles, Hydrodynamic Evaluation and Optimization

  • Yi Ma,
  • Jinghong Chen,
  • Zhian Xie,
  • Tingkun Chen and ,
  • Jin Xu and
  • Qian Cong
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

10 October 2026

Autonomous Underwater Vehicles have become essential platforms for ocean exploration, environmental monitoring, offshore engineering, and military applications. As the primary hydrodynamic component of an AUV, the hull significantly influences drag,...

(This article belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
73 Citations
9,833 Views
15 Pages

22 September 2017

We present a novel approach for gradient based maximization of phononic band gaps. The approach is a geometry projection method combining parametric shape optimization with density based topology optimization. By this approach, we obtain, in a two di...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Auxetic Materials 2017-2018)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,942 Views
15 Pages

18 November 2019

In this paper, we address the problem of synthesizing continuous variations with the appearance of makeup by taking a linear combination of the examples. Makeup usually shows a vague boundary and does not form a clear shape, which makes this problem...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,776 Views
18 Pages

21 April 2024

In the development of interactive aerodynamic optimization tools, the need to reduce the computational complexity of flow calculations has arisen. Computational complexity can be reduced by estimating the flow variables using machine learning, but th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Dynamics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,233 Views
23 Pages

Lateral Impact Performance of Cold-Formed Steel L-Shaped Built-Up Columns

  • Mengyao Li,
  • Jinshan Sun,
  • Yi Hu,
  • Liqiang Jiang and ,
  • Shizhong Zhou,
  • Guangwei Dai and
  • Ning Wu
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

30 September 2025

Blasts, vehicle collisions, and other unexpected incidents may cause lateral impacts on building structures, which threaten their safety. This paper investigates the impact resistance of cold-formed steel (CFS) L-shaped built-up columns (LBC). Firstl...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Sustainable Construction Materials, Third Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,259 Views
31 Pages

1 September 2023

Recently, with the trend of redundancy design, the importance of synchronous motion control of multiple motors has been emphasized in various fields such as automotive, construction, and industrial engineering. Therefore, this paper proposed a novel...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,554 Views
19 Pages

8 January 2026

Rapid urbanization in the Global South continues to intensify the growth of informal settlements, challenging architectural education to equip students with methods capable of addressing complex socio-spatial, environmental, and ethical conditions. W...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Emerging Trends in Architecture, Urbanization, and Design)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,455 Views
13 Pages

The features of a class of cubic curves with a shape factor are analyzed by means of the theory of envelope and topological mapping. The effects of the shape factor on the cubic curves are made clear. Necessary and sufficient conditions are derived f...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Information and Computational Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
10,471 Views
13 Pages

22 August 2021

Baseball is a popular and very lucrative bat-and-ball sport that uses a wooden bat to score runs. We hypothesize that new design features for baseball bats will emerge from their shape optimization using parametric modeling and genetic algorithms. We...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
8,717 Views
25 Pages

19 May 2025

The increasing demand for efficient lateral load-resisting systems in high-rise construction necessitates the investigation of advanced structural solutions. Among many alternatives, outrigger systems are widely acknowledged as effective supplementar...

(This article belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,759 Views
23 Pages

1 March 2025

This paper proposes a specifically parametric design method for planing hulls using longitudinal functions and shape coefficients in order to meet the requirements for optimizing the hydrodynamic performance of planing hulls. To fully define the geom...

(This article belongs to the Section Marine Science and Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,927 Views
22 Pages

9 January 2024

To investigate the effects of parameters on the seismic performance of slender T-shaped RC walls subjected to a biaxial seismic action, a numerical model was established using a fiber-based cross-section and displacement-based beam–column eleme...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Earthquake Resistant and Vibration Control of Concrete Structures)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
863 Views
24 Pages

Seismic Performance of T-Shaped Aluminum Alloy Beam–Column Bolted Connections: Parametric Analysis and Design Implications Based on a Mixed Hardening Model

  • Bangzheng Rao,
  • Zhongmin Wang,
  • Weiguo Rao,
  • Zhongping Que and ,
  • Fengzeng Li,
  • Jin Wang and
  • Wenyuan Gao
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

28 November 2025

The seismic design of aluminum alloy structures requires specific attention due to the material’s distinct mechanical properties compared to steel, which renders direct application of steel joint design methods inappropriate. This study investi...

(This article belongs to the Section Building Structures)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,132 Views
17 Pages

20 October 2022

This paper provides a novel Finite Element (FE) simulation to estimate the out-of-plane response of masonry prisms retrofitted with Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) stripes. Empirical data were utilized to develop the computational analysis parameters (mecha...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Shape Memory Alloy (SMA): A Smart Material for Smart and Resilient Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,755 Views
13 Pages

17 February 2023

Renewable energy demand is increasing as fossil fuels are limited and pollute the environment. The solar absorber is an efficient renewable energy source that converts solar radiation into heat energy. We have proposed a gallium arsenide-backed solar...

(This article belongs to the Section Energy Science and Technology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
263 Views
19 Pages

23 September 2026

Mutual coupling among array receiving antennas in passive detection systems can introduce amplitude and phase inconsistencies between antenna elements. The resulting amplitude and phase errors across receiving channels not only affect the spectral pe...

(This article belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
736 Views
16 Pages

Under low wind speed conditions, conventional bluff body energy harvesters suffer from a single vibration mechanism and a narrow effective wind speed range, making it difficult to meet the continuous power supply demands of miniature electronic devic...

(This article belongs to the Topic Advanced Energy Harvesting Technology, 2nd Edition)

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