Chengran Xu

Chengran Xu


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Academic Career Length

3Years (2024-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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19 January 2025 in Buildings
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CZChao Zhang
Chao Zhang
XZXuhong Zhou
Xuhong Zhou
CXChengran Xu
Chengran Xu
ZWZhou Wu
Zhou Wu
JLJiepeng Liu
Jiepeng Liu
HQHongtuo Qi
Hongtuo Qi
Fabrication drawings are essential for design evaluation, lean manufacturing, and quality detection of precast concrete (PC) components. Due to the complicated shape of PC components, the fabrication drawing needs to be customized to determine manufacturing dimensions and relevant assembly connections. However, the traditional manual drawing method is time-consuming, labor-intensive, and error-prone. This paper presents a BIM-based framework to automatically generate the readable drawing of PC components using building information modeling (BIM) and multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL). Firstly, an automated generation method is developed to transform BIM model to view block. Secondly, a graph-based representation method is used to create the relationship between blocks, and a reward mechanism is established according to the drawing readability criterion. Subsequently, the block layout is modeled as a layout optimization problem, and the internal spacing and position of functional category blocks are regarded as agents. Finally, the agents collaborate and interact with the environment to find the optimal layout with the guidance of a reward mechanism. Two different algorithms are utilized to validate the efficiency of the proposed method (MADQN). The proposed framework is applied to PC stairs and a double-sided shear wall to demonstrate its practicability.

24 July 2024 in Journal of Constructional Steel Research
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CXChengran Xu
Chengran Xu
XZXuhong Zhou
Xuhong Zhou
XLXuchuan Lin
Xuchuan Lin
WPWeibing Peng
Weibing Peng
CZChao Zhang
Chao Zhang