Eduardo Costa Eduardo.Costa@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Computational Architecture
Automating concrete construction: Digital design of non-prismatic reinforced concrete beams
Costa, Eduardo; Shepherd, Paul; Orr, John; Ibell, Tim; Oval, Robin
Authors
Paul Shepherd
John Orr
Tim Ibell
Robin Oval
Abstract
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.
Citation
Costa, E., Shepherd, P., Orr, J., Ibell, T., & Oval, R. (2020). Automating concrete construction: Digital design of non-prismatic reinforced concrete beams. In Second RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication (863-872). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49916-7_84
Acceptance Date | Apr 1, 2020 |
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Online Publication Date | Jul 8, 2020 |
Publication Date | Jul 8, 2020 |
Deposit Date | Apr 8, 2022 |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 863-872 |
Series Title | RILEM Bookseries |
Book Title | Second RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication |
ISBN | 9783030499150 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49916-7_84 |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/9305857 |
Additional Information | First Online: 8 July 2020; Conference Acronym: DC; Conference Name: RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication; Conference City: Eindhoven; Conference Country: The Netherlands; Conference Year: 2020; Conference Start Date: 6 July 2020; Conference End Date: 8 July 2020; Conference Number: 2; Conference ID: dc2020 |
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