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Fire, 2022 This paper concerns the investigations of the flexural capacity of concrete slabs with integrated concrete hollow spheres that are subjected to fire and their mass saving potential compared to solid slabs.
Olga Miller +4 more
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Journal of Facade Design and Engineering, 2021 This paper describes the development of an innovative, material- and energy-efficient façade concept: a pneumatically actuated Origami sun shading system - abbreviated “PAOSS” - which combines the aesthetic and material-immanent qualities of textile ...
Christina Eisenbarth +4 more
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D1244: Design and Construction of the First Adaptive High-Rise Experimental Building
Frontiers in Built Environment, 2022 An interdisciplinary research team of the University of Stuttgart has been working extensively since 2017 on the development and integration of adaptive systems and technologies in order to provide solutions for a more sustainable built environment.
Lucio Blandini +7 more
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An Actuator Concept for Adaptive Concrete Columns
Actuators, 2021 The building industry accounts for half of the global resource consumption and roughly one third of global CO2 emissions. Global population growth and increasing resource scarcities require engineers and architects to build for more people with less ...
Simon Steffen +5 more
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CivilEng, 2022 Previous work has shown that floor slabs make up most of the material mass of building structures and are typically made of reinforced concrete. Considering the associated resource consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, new approaches are needed in ...
Markus Nitzlader +5 more
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Frontiers in Built Environment, 2023 This paper discusses the role that structural stiffness plays in the context of designing adaptive structures. The focus is on load-bearing structures with adaptive displacement control.
Axel Trautwein +4 more
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Adaptive Concrete Beams Equipped With Integrated Fluidic Actuators
Frontiers in Built Environment, 2020 The rapidly growing world population is a great challenge for the building industry. Due to the impending scarcity of resources, it is not possible to provide the growing mankind with sufficient living and work places and infrastructure with current ...
Christian Kelleter +4 more
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Monitoring of the Production Process of Graded Concrete Component Using Terrestrial Laser Scanning
Remote Sensing, 2021 Accepting the ecological necessity of a drastic reduction of resource consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in the building industry, the Institute for Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design (ILEK) at the University of Stuttgart is developing ...
Yihui Yang +6 more
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Frontiers in Built Environment, 2023 In the present study, the adaptive behavior of a concrete beam with integrated fluidic actuators was numerically investigated through three-dimensional (3D) non-linear finite element (FE) analysis.
Serena Gambarelli +7 more
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Materials & Design, 2020 The substitution of Portland cement with microbially based bio-cement for the production of construction materials is an emerging sustainable technology.
Christoph Nething +5 more
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