Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
Eine Plattform für die Wissenschaft: Bauingenieurwesen, Architektur und Urbanistik
This chapter offers an overview of advanced and composite materials, smart and responsive materials, and biologically inspired materials gaining popularity in architectural design and discusses their use, performance, benefits, and drawbacks. Smart materials can be classified into two general categories – materials that can sense and inherently respond to the changes in the environment, and materials that need control in a systematic manner in order to actuate based on a certain change. Different types of smart materials include piezoelectric, electrochromic, electrostrictive, magnetostrictive, electrorheological, shape‐memory alloys and fiber‐optic sensors. Glass‐fiber reinforced concrete (GFRC) is a new type of concrete with a much higher tensile and flexural (bending) strength than standard concrete. This glass‐fiber reinforced concrete is combined with pre‐mixed dry components. The higher strength also eliminates the need for steel rebars in structural designs. GFRC, or a variation with metallic fibers and super plasticizers, can be used to build extremely thin structural elements. The light‐to‐solar‐gain (LSG) is the ratio between the amount of light transmitted by the glass and the amount of absorbed solar heat gain, and spectrally selective glazing has an LSG of 1.25 or more. The chapter also presents photographs showing varied architectural designs including MAD Architects, Taichung Convention Center, Taiwan; Strategie Architecten, HEMA building, Oosterbeek; and Metro Arkitekter, Hyllie Train Station, Sweden.
This chapter offers an overview of advanced and composite materials, smart and responsive materials, and biologically inspired materials gaining popularity in architectural design and discusses their use, performance, benefits, and drawbacks. Smart materials can be classified into two general categories – materials that can sense and inherently respond to the changes in the environment, and materials that need control in a systematic manner in order to actuate based on a certain change. Different types of smart materials include piezoelectric, electrochromic, electrostrictive, magnetostrictive, electrorheological, shape‐memory alloys and fiber‐optic sensors. Glass‐fiber reinforced concrete (GFRC) is a new type of concrete with a much higher tensile and flexural (bending) strength than standard concrete. This glass‐fiber reinforced concrete is combined with pre‐mixed dry components. The higher strength also eliminates the need for steel rebars in structural designs. GFRC, or a variation with metallic fibers and super plasticizers, can be used to build extremely thin structural elements. The light‐to‐solar‐gain (LSG) is the ratio between the amount of light transmitted by the glass and the amount of absorbed solar heat gain, and spectrally selective glazing has an LSG of 1.25 or more. The chapter also presents photographs showing varied architectural designs including MAD Architects, Taichung Convention Center, Taiwan; Strategie Architecten, HEMA building, Oosterbeek; and Metro Arkitekter, Hyllie Train Station, Sweden.
Innovative Materials
Aksamija, Ajla (Autor:in)
28.11.2016
40 pages
Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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