Sustainability, Durability and Structural Advantages as Leverage in Promoting Aluminium Structures

Abstract:

Light weight as a primary factor in combination with strength and durability properties of aluminium alloys brings financial benefits accruing not only from material procurement but along the whole chain of production, manufacturing, delivery and installation, maintenance and even disposal. A significant contribution in the quest to deliver more value has been the development in the last decade of harmonized design and execution standards, the Eurocodes, National Annexes and adapted codes or recommendations for specific applications. The sustainability issue can be dealt with in a more reliable way due to the comprehensive data tools and comparative analyses available nowadays. Experience with growing numbers of applications also delivers benchmark values for initial cost and maintenance requirements.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 710)
• Pages: 13-21
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.710.13
• Online since: September 2016
• Authors: Dimitris Kosteas*
• Keywords: Aluminium, Behaviour in Service, Design, Fabrication, Footbridges, Life Cycle Cost, Structure, Sustainability

References

[1] D. Kosteas, Aluminium Footbridges, Structures Lean in Weight and Life Cycle Cost, 5th Int´l Conf. Footbridge 2014, Imperial College, London, (2014).

[2] M. Stacey, Aluminium: Flexible and Light - Towards Sustainable Cities, chapter Light and Strong: Bridges, pp.294-399, Cwningen Press, Llundain, (forthcoming) (2016).

[3] D. Kosteas, Corrosion and Surface Protection on Aluminium Structures, A Glück GmbH internal unpublished compilation of measures in practice, November (2014).

[4] D. Kosteas and C. Radlbeck, Konstruieren mit Aluminium (Constructing with Aluminium), in: U. Kuhlmann (Ed. ), Ernst & Sohn, Berlin, (2007).

DOI: 10.1002/9783433600733.ch4

[5] C. Radlbeck and D. Kosteas, Sustainability of Aluminium as a Building Material, Proc. 9th INALCO, Cleveland, Ohio, pp.21-1 to 9, (2004).

[6] C. Radlbeck, Ganzheitliche Analyse und Bewertung von tragenden Aluminiumkonstru-ktionen (Comprehensive Analysis and Evaluation of Aluminium Structures), PdD Thesis, Technical University Munich, (2006).

[7] C. Radlbeck, E. Dienes and D. Kosteas, Sustainability of Aluminium in Buildings, Structural Engineering International, vol. 14 (2004), no. 3, pp.221-224.

DOI: 10.2749/101686604777963838

[8] E. Dienes, C. Radlbeck and D. Kosteas, Sustainability by LCCA of Aluminium Structures, in: Final Conference Proceedings Improvement of Buildings` Structural Quality by New Technologies - COST 12, Innsbruck, 20. -22. Jan. 2005, pp.547-554.

DOI: 10.1201/9780203970843.ch63

[9] C. Radlbeck, E. Dienes and D. Kosteas, Sustainable Competitiveness of Aluminium Building Products, in: Structural Survey, Vol. 23, No. 2, 2005, pp.131-137.

DOI: 10.1108/02630800510593693

[10] C. Radlbeck, D. Kosteas and M. Schlinz, Aluminium – A Sustainable Building Material.

[11] Bavarian Research Network for Recycling and Waste Managemen (BayFORREST) - Internet-based Simulation of Resource Requirements for Structures, Research Project F219, Lehr-stuhl für Bauinformatik, Techn. Univ. München, (2003).

[12] Private correspondence M. Pygott/Carillion UK, Doncaster Station Footbridge project, 03. 11. (2015).