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SUMMARY:Thin-shell textile-reinforced concrete floors for sustainable buil
 dings - Will Hawkins\, PhD Candidate\, Engineering Department
DTSTART:20180302T150000Z
DTEND:20180302T160000Z
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CONTACT:Karen Mitchell
DESCRIPTION:Steel-reinforcedconcrete\, cast in flat prismatic forms\, domi
 nates multi-storey buildingconstruction around the world. Despite the flui
 dity of the material\,opportunities to create efficient geometries through
  manipulation of form arehabitually overlooked\, resulting in inefficient 
 cracked sections\, high steelrequirements and large carbon footprints. Thi
 s project brings together moderndevelopments in computational design\, mat
 erials and construction methods topropose a novel thin-shell concrete floo
 ring system for multi-storey buildings\,creating a low embodied energy and
  lightweight alternative to traditionalreinforced concrete flat slabs. The
  proposed structure features thintextile-reinforced concrete shells spanni
 ng between columns. Lightweight concreteis cast onto the shell in-situ to 
 create a level surface\, whilst also providingbuckling restraint and acous
 tic and thermal insulation.
LOCATION: Cambridge University Engineering Department\, LT6
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