Use of Pervading Internal Shell-Type Substructures to Dissolve Compact Components (C01)

• Subject Area: Structural Engineering, Building Informatics and Construction Operation
• Term: since 2020
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 417002380

Complex load-bearing structures can be realised as shell constructions with a very efficient use of materials. The aim of the subproject C01 (Curbach/Scheerer) is to develop a method to replace the compact interior of concrete elements by inner shell structures and thus to exploit the load-bearing effect of shells on a small scale. In addition, internal folded structures are considered. Research will include the design of such components, the analysis of global and local load-bearing and failure mechanisms, their design and construction, and later their manufacture. The solutions developed on various detail levels will be validated by laboratory experiments at different scales.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 280: Design Strategies for Material-Minimised Carbon Reinforced Concrete Structures—Principles of a New Approach to Construction
• Applicant Institution: Technische Universität Dresden
• Project Heads: Professor Dr.-Ing. Manfred Curbach; Dr.-Ing. Silke Scheerer