Use of Hypar Shell Structures with Textile Reinforced Cement Matrix Composites in Lightweight Constructions Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The main goal of this paper is to define a design procedure for modular, lightweight and freeform structures by quantifying the relative importance of serviceability limit states and ultimate limit states. The modular building stones of the freeform structures under study are sandwich panels with a foamed polyurethane core and TRC (Textile Reinforced Concrete) faces, shaped in the form of hyperbolic paraboloids (hypars). The shape of these ...