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Automating Concrete Construction: Digital Design of Non-prismatic Reinforced Concrete Beams
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3113-9270
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7078-4232
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2687-6353
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5266-4832
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9701-9853
The construction industry is responsible for nearly half of the UK’s carbon emissions, mainly due to the large amount of concrete used. Traditional formwork methods for concrete result in prismatic building elements with a constant cross-section, but the shear forces and bending moments that beams have to withstand are far from constant along their length. Up to 40% of the concrete in a typical beam could be removed. An iterative optimisation process has been implemented in a parametric modelling framework to generate and analyse optimal forms for non-prismatic beams that take into account the constraints imposed by the fabrication process, namely the use of fabric formwork. The aim of the resulting design tool is to facilitate the adoption of non-prismatic elements by the construction industry.
Automating Concrete Construction: Digital Design of Non-prismatic Reinforced Concrete Beams
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3113-9270
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7078-4232
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2687-6353
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5266-4832
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9701-9853
The construction industry is responsible for nearly half of the UK’s carbon emissions, mainly due to the large amount of concrete used. Traditional formwork methods for concrete result in prismatic building elements with a constant cross-section, but the shear forces and bending moments that beams have to withstand are far from constant along their length. Up to 40% of the concrete in a typical beam could be removed. An iterative optimisation process has been implemented in a parametric modelling framework to generate and analyse optimal forms for non-prismatic beams that take into account the constraints imposed by the fabrication process, namely the use of fabric formwork. The aim of the resulting design tool is to facilitate the adoption of non-prismatic elements by the construction industry.
Automating Concrete Construction: Digital Design of Non-prismatic Reinforced Concrete Beams
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3113-9270
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7078-4232
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2687-6353
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5266-4832
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9701-9853
The construction industry is responsible for nearly half of the UK’s carbon emissions, mainly due to the large amount of concrete used. Traditional formwork methods for concrete result in prismatic building elements with a constant cross-section, but the shear forces and bending moments that beams have to withstand are far from constant along their length. Up to 40% of the concrete in a typical beam could be removed. An iterative optimisation process has been implemented in a parametric modelling framework to generate and analyse optimal forms for non-prismatic beams that take into account the constraints imposed by the fabrication process, namely the use of fabric formwork. The aim of the resulting design tool is to facilitate the adoption of non-prismatic elements by the construction industry.
Automating Concrete Construction: Digital Design of Non-prismatic Reinforced Concrete Beams
RILEM Bookseries
Bos, Freek P. (editor) / Lucas, Sandra S. (editor) / Wolfs, Rob J.M. (editor) / Salet, Theo A.M. (editor) / Costa, Eduardo (author) / Shepherd, Paul (author) / Orr, John (author) / Ibell, Tim (author) / Oval, Robin (author)
RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication ; 2020 ; Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Second RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication ; Chapter: 84 ; 863-872
RILEM Bookseries ; 28
2020-07-08
10 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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