A low-carbon, funicular concrete floor system: design and engineering of the HiLo floors
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Francesco Ranaudo
(Block Research Group, ETH Zurich, CH)
Tom Van Mele (Block Research Group, ETH Zurich, CH) Philippe Block (Block Research Group, ETH Zurich, CH) |
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Congress: Structural Engineering for Future Societal Needs, Ghent, Belgium, 22-24 September 2021 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Congress Ghent 2021 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 2016-2024 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 9 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/ghent.2021.2016 | ||||
| Abstract: |
This paper reports on the integrated computational design, engineering and construction of the concrete, rib-stiffened funicular floors of the HiLo research & innovation unit, built on the NEST platform in Dübendorf, Switzerland. These floors represent the first application of this innovative technology in a real project. The lightweight structural floors significantly reduce environmental impact and embodied carbon emissions, when compared to common reinforced concrete slabs, both by minimising material needs and by using a large percentage of recycled construction waste, thus additionally contributing to a circular economy in construction. |
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| Keywords: |
slabs sustainable construction global warming potential concrete floors rib-stiffened funicular floor compression-only embodied emissions
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| Copyright: | © 2021 International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) | ||||
| License: | This creative work is copyrighted material and may not be used without explicit approval by the author and/or copyright owner. |
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