{"id":12861,"date":"2021-05-13T16:07:42","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T14:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.soletanche-bachy.com\/?p=12861"},"modified":"2023-11-13T17:15:47","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T16:15:47","slug":"world-engineering-day-for-the-future-generative-design-a-very-promising-digital-technology-for-soletanche-bachy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.soletanche-bachy.com\/en\/world-engineering-day-for-the-future-generative-design-a-very-promising-digital-technology-for-soletanche-bachy\/","title":{"rendered":"World Engineering Day for the Future: Generative design \u2013 a very promising digital technology for Soletanche Bachy"},"content":{"rendered":"

May 13th, 2021<\/p>\n<\/div>

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World Engineering Day for the Future: Generative design \u2013 a very promising digital technology for Soletanche Bachy<\/h1><\/div>
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At Soletanche Bachy, we believe that digital transformation creates new opportunities and improves our operational efficiency. We are therefore conducting numerous digital initiatives to strengthen our technical expertise and better serve our customers. The latest is the adoption of generative design, which represents the future of soil and foundation engineering.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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As part of its digital transformation, the Soletanche Bachy group has launched a great adventure \u2013 exploring the potential of generative design applied to geotechnical fields.<\/strong> To mark this World Engineering Day for the Future, we take a closer look at new technology that could transform future foundation works.<\/p>\n<\/div>

What is generative design?<\/h2><\/div>

Generative design is a promising digital technology that improves productivity and profitability by automating and accelerating low value-added tasks.<\/strong> In practice, dedicated design and visualisation software makes it possible to explore a large number of solutions meeting a project\u2019s various constraints. By adjusting one or more parameters defining a project, the software automatically generates a set of technically viable solutions, allowing a comparison of the solutions generated to identify the most suitable for the project in question via optimisation loops.<\/p>\n

While this generative design approach is already commonly used in several fields, such as architecture and automotive, it is more recent in our sector of foundations and special works.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Production of an initial software prototype<\/h2><\/div>

Rodio Kronsa<\/a>, our Spanish subsidiary, has recently adopted\u00a0prototype generative design software<\/strong>\u00a0for foundation projects involving driven prefabricated piles and associated pile heads and stringers. The purpose of the tool was to provide an optimal solution by exploring the various possible pile and stringers arrangements, representing a significant number of alternatives.<\/p>\n

Rodio Kronsa<\/a>\u2018s client gave us a very positive feedback:<\/p>\n

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Thanks to the generative design, Rodio Kronsa was able to convince us that the proposed solution was perfectly sized for the basement of our project. Moreover, when the loads changed, the fit could be considered very quickly and the whole model updated!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>