The Twist

Thermal Analysis and Form Optimization of 3D-Printed Clay

Shaping Thermal Enclosure in Mug Design

The project focuses on designing a 3D-printed clay mug that passively maintains liquids cold with minimal material use. The mug serves here as a small-scale analogy of a building enclosure: a wall with given insulation and heat capacity properties that wraps around a volume of fluid (in this case, water) and protects it from the outside conditions.

  • 2024

  • Collaborative Material Research

  • Wang Zhi-Ray, Chan Cheng-Hsin, Sylvia Jimenez

  • Caitlin Mueller, Les Norford, Eduardo Gascon Alvarez, Sandy Curth

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