Construction and Static Loading Tests of Experimental Subtle Frame from High Performance Concrete for Energy Efficient Buildings

Abstract:

Mechanical properties of high performance concrete (HPC) enable design of subtle structural elements. Subtle HPC frame concept comes from the effort to integrate load bearing elements into building envelope in order to reduce risks of thermal bridges. Substantial advantages of subtle structural elements are material and energy savings during production, transportation, manipulation and assembling. Paper presents implementation of construction of experimental frame at University Centre UCEEB in Buštěhrad. Individual structural elements were made in prefa plant ŽPSV a.s. in Litice nad Orlicí and Čerčany, the company also assembled the experimental frame. The frame was built from February to April 2016. Within June and July, the construction was tested by static loading test, which partial results are presented in the paper. Accomplished calculations, experimental verification and analysis show that subtle HPC frame is the effective solution from reliability aspects as well as from environmental and economical parameters.

• Periodical: Solid State Phenomena (Volume 259)
• Pages: 275-279
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.259.275
• Online since: May 2017
• Authors: Ctislav Fiala*, Jaroslav Hejl, Vlastimil Bilek, Tomáš Vlach, Michal Ženíšek, Jan Růžička, Petr Hájek
• Keywords: Construction, Experimental Verification, High Performance Concrete, Subtle RC Frame

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