Research project REDUCE

Reuse and Demountability Using Steel Structures and the Circular Economy聽(REDUCE)

The project at a glance

  • Start date:
    01 Jul 2016
  • Duration in months:
    48
  • Funding:
    European Comission鈥檚 Research Fund for Coal and Steel
  • Principal Investigator(s):
    Christoph ODENBREIT

About

The project will provide methodologies, tools and guidance to assist in design for deconstruction, for composite steel structures for multi-storey buildings. This will lead to new shear connection systems for demountable composite construction, based on push tests and beam tests to verify composite action and to develop design rules. The whole life benefits of reusable structures will be quantified using LCA and circular economy indicators. Opportunities for greater standardisation and the use of BIM will be explored to facilitate deconstruction. A demonstration of demountability of the developed system is planned. Guidance on design for deconstruction and reuse will be prepared. The research is a common project of Steel Construction Institute, 8xav福利导航 of Luxembourg, 8xav福利导航 of Bradford, Lindab, Tata Steel, Bouwen met Staal, Delft 8xav福利导航 of Technology and AEC3. Research Assistant: Andr谩s KOZMA PhD-Thesis Title: Demountable composite beams: Analytical calculation approaches for shear connections with multilinear load-slip behaviour. PhD-Thesis URL: https://hdl.handle.net/10993/44263

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