Automating Concrete Construction: Digital Design of Non-prismatic Reinforced Concrete Beams

Eduardo Castro e Costa; Paul Shepherd; John Orr; Tim Ibell; Robin Oval

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-49916-7_84

Automating Concrete Construction: Digital Design of Non-prismatic Reinforced Concrete Beams

Eduardo Castro e Costa, Paul Shepherd, John Orr, Tim Ibell, Robin Oval

Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering

University of Cambridge

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Abstract

The construction industry is responsible for nearly half of the UK’s carbon emissions, mainly due to the large amount of concrete used. Traditional formwork methods for concrete result in prismatic building elements with a constant cross-section, but the shear forces and bending moments that beams have to withstand are far from constant along their length. Up to 40% of the concrete in a typical beam could be removed. An iterative optimisation process has been implemented in a parametric modelling framework to generate and analyse optimal forms for non-prismatic beams that take into account the constraints imposed by the fabrication process, namely the use of fabric formwork. The aim of the resulting design tool is to facilitate the adoption of non-prismatic elements by the construction industry.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Second RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication
Subtitle of host publication	Digital Concrete 2020
Editors	Freek Bos, Sandra Lucas, Rob Wolfs, Theo Salet
Place of Publication	Cham, Switzerland
Publisher	Springer
Pages	863-872
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030499167
ISBN (Print)	9783030499150
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49916-7_84
Publication status	Published - 9 Jul 2020

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Name	RILEM Bookseries
Volume	28
ISSN (Print)	2211-0844
ISSN (Electronic)	2211-0852

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Automating Concrete Construction (ACORN)
Shepherd, P. (PI) & Ibell, T. (CoI)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
1/01/19 → 31/03/22
Project: Research council

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Castro e Costa, E., Shepherd, P., Orr, J., Ibell, T., & Oval, R. (2020). Automating Concrete Construction: Digital Design of Non-prismatic Reinforced Concrete Beams. In F. Bos, S. Lucas, R. Wolfs, & T. Salet (Eds.), Second RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication: Digital Concrete 2020 (pp. 863-872). (RILEM Bookseries; Vol. 28). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49916-7_84

Automating Concrete Construction: Digital Design of Non-prismatic Reinforced Concrete Beams. / Castro e Costa, Eduardo; Shepherd, Paul; Orr, John et al.
Second RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication: Digital Concrete 2020. ed. / Freek Bos; Sandra Lucas; Rob Wolfs; Theo Salet. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, 2020. p. 863-872 (RILEM Bookseries; Vol. 28).

Research output: Chapter or section in a book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter in a published conference proceeding

Castro e Costa, E, Shepherd, P, Orr, J, Ibell, T & Oval, R 2020, Automating Concrete Construction: Digital Design of Non-prismatic Reinforced Concrete Beams. in F Bos, S Lucas, R Wolfs & T Salet (eds), Second RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication: Digital Concrete 2020. RILEM Bookseries, vol. 28, Springer, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 863-872. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49916-7_84

Castro e Costa E, Shepherd P, Orr J, Ibell T, Oval R. Automating Concrete Construction: Digital Design of Non-prismatic Reinforced Concrete Beams. In Bos F, Lucas S, Wolfs R, Salet T, editors, Second RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication: Digital Concrete 2020. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. 2020. p. 863-872. (RILEM Bookseries). Epub 2020 Jul 8. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-49916-7_84

Castro e Costa, Eduardo ; Shepherd, Paul ; Orr, John et al. / Automating Concrete Construction: Digital Design of Non-prismatic Reinforced Concrete Beams. Second RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication: Digital Concrete 2020. editor / Freek Bos ; Sandra Lucas ; Rob Wolfs ; Theo Salet. Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2020. pp. 863-872 (RILEM Bookseries).

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