Behavior of prefabricated and shellform construction under seismic loading
Seismic testing of timber structure (KOFINAS). |
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Seismic testing of prefabricated and shellform construction (ECOBEST). |
Group Leader: Marcus MK Lee, University of Southampton, UK
ShellForm
Panel System is an innovative factory fabricated building
system that has been developed in response to the UK housing
crisis. The core of the system is a structural membrane
formed using a specially formulated cement, based compound
whose constituents are all naturally mined materials.
This compound when mixed with water and reinforced with
steel meshes creates a membrane that has superior structural
quantities in term of strength, durability and fire resistance.
The ShellForm Panel System consists of this structural
membrane in conjunction of rigid foam insulation and can
be used for walls, floors and roofs of building. These
structural elements are strong durable and have excellent
thermal and sound properties.
The aim of this project is to investigate the seismic
behaviour of ShellForm Panel System, which has been developed
for offsite fabricated housing that can be used for the
entire building envelope, including walls, roofs and floors.
The tests will be carried out using the shaking table
facility of Laboratory for earthquake Engineering at National
Technical university of Athens. All tests will be carried
out at full scale specimens and will reach the ultimate
capacity of the panels under testing. Details for the
construction of the specimens are shown in following drawings