Shell elements of textile reinforced concrete using fabric formwork: A case study

Advances in Structural Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 677-690

  Cauberg, Niki ^a   Tysmans, Tine ^b   Adriaenssens, Sigrid ^b,c   Wastiels, Jan ^b   Mollaert, Marijke ^b   Belkassem, Bachir ^b  

^a Research Institute   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

fabric; formwork; glass fibre; manufacturing; shell element; textile reinforced concrete

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL CONCRETE; CONCRETE SHELLS; CREATIVE DESIGN; DESIGN APPROACHES; DOUBLY CURVED SHELLS; FORMWORK; FORMWORK SOLUTION; LIMITING FACTORS; NON-METALLIC; PERFECT MATCHES; PRACTICAL PRODUCTION; SHELL ELEMENT; SHELL STRUCTURE; SHOTCRETES; STRUCTURAL EVALUATION; STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE; STRUCTURAL POINT; TEXTILE REINFORCED CONCRETES; TEXTILE REINFORCEMENT; THIN SHELLS;

CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; FABRICS; GLASS FIBERS; MANUFACTURE; REINFORCED CONCRETE; REINFORCEMENT; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

TEXTILES;

EID: 84860472439     PISSN: 13694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/1369-4332.15.4.677     Document Type: Conference Paper

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