Material-efficient floor systems made of carbon concrete with open web sections

Suitable for production in precast facilities

The high volume of materials employed in conventional steel reinforced concrete floors results in significant resource consumption and corresponding CO2 emissions. Material-efficient load-bearing structures are increasingly gaining in importance against such a background. A new type of floor cross-section made of carbon concrete has been developed, In view of this, with an open web, optimised cross-section. It enables the concrete volume to be substantially reduced when compared to conventional steel reinforced concrete floors with a solid cross-section. The manufacturing approach developed, which involves thermoplastically shaped carbon-fibre reinforcement, is generally suitable for production in a precast facility. Experimental tests on full-scale test specimens demonstrate high load-bearing capacity and benign load-bearing behaviour under flexural stress, thereby confirming the system’s fundamental suitability for use as a floor structure. Furthermore, a reduction in material usage of up to 50% can be achieved whilst maintaining comparable load-bearing capability. A simplified carbon footprint (A1–A3) additionally highlights the system’s environmental potential compared to conventional semi-precast and in-situ concrete floors.

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Sarah Bergmann, Julian Frede and Sergej Rempel, TTZ Aichach, Augsburg University of Applied Sciences, Augsburg, Germany

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