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Light-Weight High Performance Concrete for Modular Floating Structures

Project description

Sustainable concrete solution for floating structures

Rising sea levels and the growing demand for construction space, particularly in coastal areas, have underscored the necessity for innovative building materials capable of offering enhanced durability, reliability and efficiency. With the support of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the LITEFLOATCON project aims to address this demand by pioneering a lightweight, high-performance concrete (LWHPC) solution. It will establish an international and intersectoral partnership, bringing together a team of 33 researchers with expertise in various necessary specialties. This team will conduct research and development on the LWHPC, evaluate its reliability and adhere to life-cycle analysis guidelines. Ultimately, the project will design an easy-fit inter-modular connector. The outcome will be the formation of novel, robust partnerships and the production of sustainable LWHPC for floating structures.

Objective

LITEFLOATCON aims to build an international and intersectoral partnership for high-quality research development on innovative light-weight high performance concrete (LWHPC) and its application on multi-purpose modular floating structures for coastal space utilisation.

To achieve this ambition, LITEFLOATCON brings along a multi-disciplinary team comprising 33 researchers from nine academic partners with complementary expertise. The scientific objectives include: (1) developing innovative LWHPC suitable for coastal applications, (2) investigating the influence of various additives on the rheological and mechanical properties 3) assessing the durability properties 4) measuring the fatigue performance of LWHPC of various compositions developed (5) conceptual development of novel modular floating structural units with optimised shape and size, (6) developing an easy-fit inter-modular connector, (7) examining the global and local structural and hydrodynamic performances of the modular floating units, and (8) generating Life-Cycle Analysis and performance-based design guidelines and recommendations.

The outcomes of LITEFLOATCON include long-term and sustainable international partnerships that enhance the quality of research towards a modular floating LWHPC system with verified system design, material durability and structural safety, and an analysis and assessment framework for social and environmental impacts. These contribute to the development of next-generation coastal structures, to improved scientific knowledge of material and structural behaviour in harsh marine environments, to design standardisation of the offshore industry, and to Europe’s climate and sustainability goals.

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AARHUS UNIVERSITET
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€ 105 800,00
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NORDRE RINGGADE 1
8000 Aarhus C
Denmark

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Danmark Midtjylland Østjylland
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Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
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