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SUMMARY:Optimising Embodied Carbon of Concrete Floors - Amila Sankalpa Jay
 asinghe\, Department of Engineering\, University of Cambridge
DTSTART:20200228T150000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Maria Marques de Carvalho
DESCRIPTION:Despite popularity\, concrete structures have their own enviro
 nmental concerns. This study scrutinizes the conventional design and const
 ruction approaches of concrete floor systems in order to minimise embodied
  carbon. The design space of passively reinforced concrete floor beams is 
 parametrically explored varying the structural depths\, geometric profiles
  and reinforcement configuration. Deflection of each design is also assess
 ed and compared with conventional benchmarks in order to understand the se
 rviceability performance of optimised designs. The importance of shape opt
 imisation and selecting the structural depth is highlighted in contrast to
  conventional prismatic beam design.\n
LOCATION:Conference Room\, Civil Engineering Building\, JJ Thomson Avenue 
 7a.
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