Bio-Based Composite Footbridge: Design, Production and In Situ Monitoring
| Autor: | Joris Smits, R Rijk Blok, Rafail Gkaidatzis, Patrick Teuffel |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Innovative Structural Design |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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bio-based materials
Engineering business.industry Circular economy circular economy 0211 other engineering and technologies Bio based SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth 020101 civil engineering 02 engineering and technology Building and Construction sustainability Multidisciplinary team Civil engineering 0201 civil engineering SDG 12 – Verantwoordelijke consumptie en productie bio-based composites SDG 8 – Fatsoenlijk werk en economische groei 021105 building & construction life time design SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production business Civil and Structural Engineering |
| Zdroj: | Structural Engineering International, 29(3), 453-465. Taylor and Francis Ltd. Structural Engineering International, 29(3) |
| ISSN: | 1683-0350 1016-8664 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/10168664.2019.1608137 |
| Popis: | This paper deals with the design, production and monitoring of a bio-composite footbridge with a span of 14 m across the river Dommel in the city of Eindhoven, the Netherlands. The specific bio-composite material that was used for this research is a Natural Fibre Reinforced Bio-Polymer (NFRBP). The goal of the research is to prove that NFRBP can be applied as a load-bearing structure in an outdoor environment. For this purpose, a multidisciplinary team of academic researchers from two universities and from the Centre of Expertise Biobased Economy, together with a manufacturer from the NFRBP industry, have developed a feasible design that could be produced in a short period of time and within a limited budget. The footbridge was designed, built and installed within less than one year. In the two years after the installation of the footbridge, the structural behaviour of the bridge was monitored by means of optical fibre glass strands, integrated within the structure, with the purpose of measuring deformations and change in elasticity that occur over time. |
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