{"title":"Volumetric intersections: Modularization approaches for freeform prefab concrete construction","authors":"David Stieler, Tobias Schwinn, Achim Menges","doi":"10.1002/cend.202100047","DOIUrl":"10.1002/cend.202100047","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The pursuit for more load-adapted, individualized, and at the same time precise building geometries is driving innovation in digital fabrication with concrete towards greater formal freedom and higher degrees of prefabrication. This article reviews the opportunities of using three-dimensional (3D)-printed formwork in the context of pre-fabricated concrete construction. It identifies the geometric specificities future planning tools need to address to incorporate the steps of modularization and fabrication into automatized planning processes from design to production. By reviewing the state-of-the-art fabrication methods for nonstandard concrete geometries, we highlight possible applications and challenges for additive formwork and introduce a volumetric modeling approach to modularize surface and mesh-based 3D design models into solid segments that can form the basis for further formwork planning.</p>","PeriodicalId":100248,"journal":{"name":"Civil Engineering Design","volume":"4 1-3","pages":"3-13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cend.202100047","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83155018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Robert Schulte Holthausen, Melanie Merkel, Wolfgang Breit, Michael Raupach
{"title":"Monitoring the microstructural deterioration of concrete exposed to leaching in purified water","authors":"Robert Schulte Holthausen, Melanie Merkel, Wolfgang Breit, Michael Raupach","doi":"10.1002/cend.202100051","DOIUrl":"10.1002/cend.202100051","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Concrete is considered to be durable in permanent contact with water, making it a preferred material for the construction of drinking water reservoirs. More severe conditions, however, such as contact with purified water lead to the leaching of calcium and the deterioration of concrete surfaces. Due to the diffusive nature, deterioration begins superficially and ingresses with time. Consequently, concrete surfaces are severely damaged and the rebar-protective alkalinity can be lost. In this study, results from long-term laboratory leaching experiments in purified water of differently prepared concrete surfaces relevant for drinking water reservoirs are reported. Samples are monitored by both conventional laboratory techniques and, for the first time, by single-sided <sup>1</sup>H nuclear magnetic resonance to gain knowledge on appearance and performance as well as the microstructural changes with sub-millimeter depth resolution. Results give a deepened insight into the time- and depth-depending material changes. Concrete with a lower w/c ratio, more durable cement, or a densified surface shows a slowed deterioration. The progressing leaching deterioration is described using a combined diffusion-erosion model that allows a more direct comparison of results to other exposures.</p>","PeriodicalId":100248,"journal":{"name":"Civil Engineering Design","volume":"4 4","pages":"99-109"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85873302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nguyen Viet Tue, Ekkehard Fehling, Dirk Schlicke, Christina Krenn
{"title":"Crack width verification and minimum reinforcement according to EC 2: Current model with specifications in Germany and Austria vs proposal for revision","authors":"Nguyen Viet Tue, Ekkehard Fehling, Dirk Schlicke, Christina Krenn","doi":"10.1002/cend.202100045","DOIUrl":"10.1002/cend.202100045","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Limiting crack widths to an acceptable level and determining the required minimum reinforcement are important tasks in the design of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures. Experience with different types of structures, ranging from watertight concrete structures to prestressed concrete bridges, shows that the concept currently applied in Germany and Austria is very effective and that significant changes are not necessary. The current draft for the revision of the EC2 (prEC2), however, presents a new concept for crack width verification and minimum reinforcement. In contrast to the concept currently used in Germany and Austria, this new concept is based more on the analysis and good reproduction of observations made in laboratory experiments and takes less account of the mechanical relationships of reinforced or prestressed concrete after cracking. For this purpose, numerous empirical factors are introduced which not only complicate the understanding but also the application in practice. However, an improvement in the accuracy of the crack width prediction is not achieved and the minimum reinforcement is significantly underestimated, especially for prestressed cross sections and thick members. In this article, the new concept set out in prEC2 is explained in detail. Its main weaknesses and contradictions are discussed by a comparison with the concept currently applied in Germany and Austria as well as detailed analysis of 2D FEM simulations with discrete cracks and adequate regard of the bond stress-slip relationship at the reinforcement-concrete interface. This should provide the basis for a factual discussion before the introduction of prEC2 into practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":100248,"journal":{"name":"Civil Engineering Design","volume":"3 5-6","pages":"210-228"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cend.202100045","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86366536","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Influences on the structural response of beams in drop tower experiments","authors":"Lena Leicht, Birgit Beckmann, Manfred Curbach","doi":"10.1002/cend.202100040","DOIUrl":"10.1002/cend.202100040","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Drop tower tests on beam specimens were carried out to evaluate the influence of different geometric features and different loading velocities on the beams' response. Tested geometric characteristics are stirrup reinforcement in addition to longitudinal reinforcement, and notches. The goal is to quantify the differences in the global behavior and the amount of strains and strain rates measured at different positions on the reinforcement. This gives an insight into strain distributions along the rebars from which bond stresses can be derived. It can be stated that stirrup reinforcement kept the specimens together and thus increased the impact resistance. That was seen in the deflection and acceleration measurements, but it was also suggested by strain measurements, especially looking at residual strains. The maximum strains are generally more affected by global bending of the specimens than by the formation of a localized punching cone, which was the main failure mode.</p>","PeriodicalId":100248,"journal":{"name":"Civil Engineering Design","volume":"3 5-6","pages":"192-209"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cend.202100040","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87362853","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Experimental and numerical determination of the screw deformation in laminated beech veneer lumber as a result of moisture-induced swelling","authors":"Daniela Gerstorfer, Thomas Forte, Josef Füssl","doi":"10.1002/cend.202100016","DOIUrl":"10.1002/cend.202100016","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The strong hygroscopic behavior of wood can lead to severe moisture-induced swelling deformations, especially perpendicular to the grain direction. Fully threaded screws arranged in this direction can be used as reinforcement and to constrain those deformations. Depending on the wood moisture content increase, tensile stresses in the screws and compression stresses in the surrounding solid wood evolve. A sufficiently accurate prediction of the maximum stresses occurring is important for reliable structural designs. For this reason, moisture-induced swelling experiments for two different configurations of screw diameter and specimen dimensions were performed within this work. Due to its homogeneity and its high swelling rate perpendicular to the grain, beech laminated veneer lumber (LVL) was used. A moisture content increase from oven-dry to about 7% led to screw tensile stresses in the magnitude of the yield strength and to highly nonlinear effects in the surrounding wood material. By means of a two-dimensional finite-element-based numerical simulation model, taking into account orthotropic plasticity and moisture-dependent material properties, the experiments could be simulated with high accuracy. The numerical results agree well with experimental observations. Based on a small parameter study, new insights into the complex interaction behavior between beech LVL and fully threaded screws could be gained.</p>","PeriodicalId":100248,"journal":{"name":"Civil Engineering Design","volume":"3 5-6","pages":"171-178"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81763300","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An innovative resource-efficient timber-concrete-composite ceiling system: Feasibility and environmental performance","authors":"Benjamin Kromoser, Philipp Holzhaider","doi":"10.1002/cend.202100022","DOIUrl":"10.1002/cend.202100022","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Timber-concrete composite (TCC) ceilings build on the idea of making use of the advantageous properties of both materials symbiotically. While concrete, as the upper layer, is used to absorb the compression forces, wood is used in the lower layer to absorb the tensile forces. Many systems have been developed with special attention paid to solutions with both a continuous concrete and wood layer. This article introduces a new system developed with the primary focus set on the most efficient material use by introducing a free space between the concrete and the wood layer using special vault shaped moldings. The first part of the paper contains an introduction including a short overview of different embodiments of TCC floor systems. The second part focuses on the design of the new system and gives an overview of the estimated structural performance. In the third part the environmental performance of the new system is discussed in comparison to chosen existing systems focusing at the the whole life-cycle including a re-use (A-D).</p>","PeriodicalId":100248,"journal":{"name":"Civil Engineering Design","volume":"3 5-6","pages":"179-191"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cend.202100022","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85404773","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lifetime predictions of prestressed concrete bridges—Evaluating parameters of relevance using Sobol' indices","authors":"David Sanio, Mark Alexander Ahrens, Peter Mark","doi":"10.1002/cend.202100009","DOIUrl":"10.1002/cend.202100009","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The residual structural lifetime of concrete bridges is often limited by fatigue of the prestressing steel. In practice, numerical calculations of the structure are combined with Miner's rule—based on load frequencies and stress amplitudes—to estimate the damage. Thereby, various parameters must be accounted for whereof a few are actually relevant. Structural monitoring is valuable to increase the accuracy of lifetime predictions, but usually experts choose the right parameters on experience only. A more objective assessment can be reached by sensitivity analysis. A powerful method is provided by Sobol's variance-based indices. They quantify the influence of a single parameter's variance on the model's total variance and account for interactions in nonlinear models, too. Exemplified on a reference structure, sensitivity indices are determined. Meanwhile specific characteristics like the nonlinear behavior of concrete after cracking are considered. In this case, the key elements of lifetime prediction turn out to be the time-dependent losses of prestress and the traffic loads.</p>","PeriodicalId":100248,"journal":{"name":"Civil Engineering Design","volume":"4 5-6","pages":"143-153"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/cend.202100009","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77775886","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Heating rate with regard to temperature release of\u0000 UHPC\u0000 under cyclic compressive loading","authors":"M. Deutscher, S. Scheerer","doi":"10.1002/cend.202100020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cend.202100020","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100248,"journal":{"name":"Civil Engineering Design","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80898836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}