Conference
From blades to tracks: a case study in structural reuse of curved surfaces for circular design
| Title: | From blades to tracks: a case study in structural reuse of curved surfaces for circular design |
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| Authors: | Pupping, Jesse, Riso, Marzia, Popescu, Mariana, Bousseau, Adrien, Joustra, Jelle |
| Contributors: | Reves, Team, ACM |
| Publisher Information: | 2025. |
| Publication Year: | 2025 |
| Subject Terms: | pumptrack, Circular design, [INFO.INFO-CG] Computer Science [cs]/Computational Geometry [cs.CG], [INFO.INFO-GR] Computer Science [cs]/Graphics [cs.GR], wind turbine blade, structural reuse, shape segmentation |
| Description: | We explore the fabrication of curved surfaces by reusing panels extracted from decommissioned wind turbine blades, using cycling pumptracks as a case study. We first present real-world prototypes of pumptrack modules that we manufactured to evaluate the practicality of this reuse scenario and to define the boundary conditions for harvesting blade panels and assembling a track. We then propose an algorithm to optimize the segmentation of a wind turbine blade into quadrilateral panels whose sides fall within a small set of compatible boundaries. These panels form a library of modules that designers can connect side by side to create pumptracks of various lengths and curvatures. Together, these contributions provide a proof-of-concept of how computer-aided design and manufacturing can support circular design through the reuse of curved surfaces. |
| Document Type: | Conference object |
| File Description: | application/pdf |
| Language: | English |
| Access URL: | https://inria.hal.science/hal-05305064v1/document https://inria.hal.science/hal-05305064v1 https://doi.org/10.1145/nnnnnnn.nnnnnnn |
| Rights: | CC BY |
| Accession Number: | edsair.dedup.wf.002..69e5f13c03c224718dd1b8c49dbf8d2f |
| Database: | OpenAIRE |
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