Architectural modelling of an olive tree. Generative tools for the scientific visualization of morphology and radiation relationships

作     者：Filippucci, Marco Rinchi, Gabriele Brunori, Antonio Nasini, Luigi Regni, Luca Proietti, Primo 

作者机构：Univ Perugia Dept Civil & Environm Engn Via G Duranti 93 I-06125 Perugia Italy Univ Perugia Dept Agr Food & Environm Sci Via Borgo 20 Giugno 74 I-06121 Perugia Italy 

出 版 物：《ECOLOGICAL INFORMATICS》 (信息生态学)

年 卷 期：2016年第36卷

页      面：84-93页

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学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 07[理学] 09[农学] 0713[理学-生态学] 

基　　金：Italian Ministry of Education  University and Research PRIN Project [201049EXTW_009] 

主　　题：Trees digital modelling Generative algorithm Sun lighting analysis Scientific application 

摘      要：This research integrates the agricultural study of trees with the sciences of representation, in order to describe the architectural form of an olive tree and to show a scientific visualization of the relationship between morphology and light interception in the canopy. The representation of plant architecture, manipulated with pruning operation for agricultural purposes of light optimization, describes the action of sunlight in the tree, testing the potential of digital design tools - especially generative modelling. Through the design of a specific algorithm, the tree is interpreted like a fragmented photovoltaic panel, analysed using 14,000 control points corresponding to the leaves. The possibility to select these classes of elements becomes the instrument to explain the canopy structure, finding categories that describe and simulate the annual radiance and illuminance. The developed modelling process and its purely theoretical significance constitute the basis for a variety of applications in data analysis and comparison between different models, evaluations, theories, and operations. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.