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SUMMARY:Tall modular buildings: height limits of stacked steel modules - P
 etia Tzokova\, Engineering Department
DTSTART:20170217T150000Z
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CONTACT:Karen Mitchell
DESCRIPTION:In this session\, I will present the findings of my Masters pr
 oject on tall modular buildings\, completed as part of the Future Infrastr
 ucture and Built Environment Centre for Doctoral Training. Modular buildin
 gs are constructed from room-sized compartments made in a factory and asse
 mbled on site. Their off-site nature can help accommodate population incre
 ase in cities\, if the modular buildings can be extended to high-rise. In 
 this project\, I aimed to find the structural height limits of stacked tow
 ers of steel modules. I considered different steel module topologies and b
 oth ultimate and serviceability limit states. I proceeded to find the heig
 ht at failure of each modular tower\, and presented the data obtained in t
 he style of Ashby Charts. The charts revealed some unintuitive results\, w
 hich I will discuss during the session.
LOCATION: Cambridge University Engineering Department\, LR6
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