Projects
Support for EU proposal: Innovative insulating sandwich Panels from construction and demolition waste streams as filler for inorganic polymer applied in Textile reinforced cement skins i-SPan Vrije Universiteit Brussel
A new generation of high-performance building materials and elements integrating aerogels and textile reinforced cement composites KU Leuven
Nowadays’ regulations are pushing the construction industry to meet the ambitious global goals of a sustainable society such as energy-saving, reduced CO2‐emission and use of resources, and efficient construction. High-performance construction materials and systems combining mechanical and thermal properties can answer this need. At a mechanical level, Textile Reinforced Cements (TRCs) have shown their high competitiveness to reduce material ...
Development of novel vibro-acoustic metamaterials with structural load-carrying capacity through a model-based design methodology KU Leuven
The demand for enhanced static or dynamic performance, coupled with rising customer expectations and more stringent regulations, necessitates mechanical systems to comply with increasingly tightening and sometimes conflicting standards. The drive for robustness and reliability requires the systems to have an increased structural stiffness. This, however, contradicts with the trend towards lightweight designs, motivated by environmental ...
Development of a methodology for predicting the acousticperformance of built-up wall and floor systems at high frequencies KU Leuven
Lightweight systems such as cross-laminated timber elements, sandwich panels, gypsum board walls,... are emerging in building construction. Because of their relatively low weight and complex vibro-acoustic behaviour, achieving a sufficient level of sound insulation with such systems is however challenging. The aim of this research is to develop a sound transmission loss prediction method, which exhibits similar accuracy as a comparable ...
K-space Analysis of Complex Large-scale Periodic Structures KU Leuven
During its operational mission, a transportation mean is subject to broadband acoustic, aerodynamic and structure-borne excitations. The transportation means, such as aircrafts, space launchers, ships, cars, trains, etc., are designed to accomplish a primary goal, usually to transfer a payload (passengers, goods, satellites, for example) from a point to another, always keeping a high level of comfort, safety and survivability of the payload. ...
Cell-based tissue-engineered reconstruction of large osteochondral defects in the minipig knee. KU Leuven
State of the art The availability of regenerative solutions for deep cartilage defects (osteochondral defects) in human joints is known as an unmet medical need. A long-term follow-up study from Mayoclinic recently demonstrated a significant higher risk of early osteoarthritis for knees with osteochondritis dissecans regardless if treatment was conservative or operative (1,2). The surgical treatment of these large osteochondral defects in ...
On the Multi-scale Vibroacoustic Behavior of Multi-layer Core Topology Systems KU Leuven
In this last decades, honeycomb sandwich panels have been the subject of intensive researches. Indeed, their high mechanical performances combined to a low stiffness to weight ratio result in a reduced acoustic efficiency. Therefore, many designs are usually proposed to overcome this issue. Besides, different methods are developed to model more complex structures using the periodic structure theory to study the wave propagation allowing to ...
Functionalization of basalt fibers for textile reinforced cements (TRC) development KU Leuven
Nowadays’ regulations are pushing the construction industry to meet the ambitious global goals of a sustainable society such as energy-saving, reduced CO2‐emission and use of resources, and efficient construction. High-performance construction materials and systems combining mechanical and thermal properties can answer this need. At a mechanical level, Textile Reinforced Cements (TRCs) have shown their high competitiveness to reduce material ...
Multiscale thermal and mechanical modelling of insulation composites KU Leuven
Thermal insulation materials are receiving a lot of attention, especially at the moment, due to the environmental issues, such as the global warming, we are facing. Latest reports about the Earth's climate prove that the heat loss in buildings and industrial processes is too high and that this redundant heat loss should be diminished to a minimum. Consequently, it has become an international task for the building industries to sufficiently ...