Publicaties
Gekozen filters:
Gekozen filters:
Modular textile reinforced concrete (TRC) shell structures Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Curved thin-walled shell structures are very promising towards the future, as they possess the ability to carry their loads efficiently, resulting in very thin designs and therefore a reduced material consumption. Recent developments of new construction materials and innovative fabrication techniques have led to a resurgence in this research domain. Using Textile Reinforced Concrete (TRC) in the shell designs significantly reduces the required ...
Modular shell structures in Textile Reinforced Concrete (TRC) Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Shell structures suffer from labor intensive fabrication techniques, characterized by extensive in situ formwork and falsework. Labelled by a prominent economic impact, combined with an environmental impact (e.g. single-use formworks made from EPS), these structures lost their initial value in industry. This research proposes a modular design method for the facilitated manufacturing of shell structures, using textile reinforced concrete (TRC) ...
Finite element modelling of the material behaviour of glass fibre textile reinforced cementitious composite Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The application of glass fibre textile reinforced cementitious composites (GTRC) in doubly-curved shells has numerous advantages over other widely-used materials for free form shapes. In this paper, the suitability of different material models - available in the finite element programs Ansys and Abaqus - for the modelling of glass textile reinforced cementitious composites is evaluated. The use of the concrete smeared crack model in Abaqus for ...
The Influence of Biaxial Stress States on the Stiffness of Glass Textile Reinforced Cementitious Composites Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The application of glass textile reinforced cementitious composites (GTRC) in slender building elements such as plates or shells, can be advantageous over the widely used steel-reinforced concrete. As the glass fibre diameter is three orders of magnitude smaller than the typical steel rebar diameter, very thin and/or freeform plates and shells can be designed. In these two-dimensional elements however, complex biaxial stress states can occur ...
PROCESSING TECHNIQUE TO IMPREGNATE GLASS FIBRE MATS FOR TEXTILE REINFORCED CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITES Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Future applications of glassfibre textile reinforced cementitious composites (GTRC), such as for example building elements, require a high fibre volume fraction in able to resist to considerable high tensile forces. Common production processes for cement composites like spray-up seem unable to satisfy this requirement, and thus keep the use of GTRC for building applications limited to non load bearing elements. Hand lay-up, with its known ...