Objective
The present project is aimed to the development of innovative, light-weight composite components, able to withstand to structural loads, to be used in the building/construction sector instead of conventional, heavy precast concrete structures. The proposed material for realising these light-weight structural elements is Glass-f bre Reinforced Concrete (GRC), a well known composite material that has been successfully used in the construction sector since the 1970's. Until now its main application has been in architectural cladding, in the form of panels 10-20 mm thick. Due to the tendency of GRC to age, or loose ductility with time, until now it never has been considered for structural applications. Risk is quite high and is mainly of commercial nature rather than of technical one. However it has been well evaluated and is justified by the significant potential direct benefits like a reduced total product cost, a complete automation of the whole production cycle, a reduced carriage and assembly cost. The reduction in weight and of carriage costs also allows to think about exportation of structural GRC elements produced in an European factory to a foreign Country. This is quite innovative in concrete industry, as till now the construction site should be in a radius of some hundred kilometres from the precast factory. The advantages of this potential for the European industry are quite enormous. There are also indirect benefits, of social/environmental nature, like a reduced raw materials consumption, a reduced maintenance cost and an improvement in the safety of the structure with respect to the seismic risk. A return on global investment of one and a half year is expected following implementation of commercial exploitation. The envisaged approach to achieve the R&D objectives consists of a reinforcing of current GRC compositions (nonstructural) with a ductile, resistant structure (e.g. a grid of stainless steel or carbon-fibres) and verifying that this support structure is fully compatible with GRC and is able to withstand to structural loads. Moreover, by using theoretical models and experimental tests, it will demonstrated that grid-supported GRC components, obtained by means of suitable compositions and production procedures, are slightly affected by the ageing drawback and show a long-term ductile behaviour; in this way it would be possible to guarantee the required performances during all the life of the component. Potential applications of structural GRC components are copious also limiting our consideration to the precast sector; some of these have already been identified by the proposers and represent an immediate market opportunity: - main and secondary elements for slabs (e.g. in industrial sheds or in building retrofitting); -facade panels, wall panels and roof elements (e.g. in stand-alone technical shelters for mobil-phone repeaters and in prefabricated houses).
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- social sciences sociology governance crisis management seismic risk management
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Italy
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