CESS Seminar : Engineering Timber-Concrete Composite Structures
Event details
| Date | 16.11.2018 |
| Hour | 12:15 › 13:00 |
| Speaker | Dr. Luca Sorelli is professor at Université Laval (Quebec) and director of the laboratory on Multiscale Characterization of Construction Materials (MCCM). He has worked at different international research groups, such as, the durability division at IFSTTAR (Paris), the civil engineering department at MIT (Cambridge) and the LCR research center of LafargeHolcim (Saint-Quentin-Fallavier). Dr. Sorelli is member of the industrial consortium CIRCERB on eco-responsible structure. The vision of his research group is to develop efficient material-to-structure approach for fostering structural applications of new composite materials, which can fulfil the needs of today society and address the environmental challenges. |
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| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Why not taking advantage of the potentials offered by both timber and concrete for engineering composite structures in terms of material saving, vibrational behavior and environmental imprint? Dr. Sorelli will present recent research advances in Timber-Concrete Composite (TCC), such as: (i) the extension of the dynamic theory of a composite beam to consider the effect of the rotatory inertia on the vibrational modes; (ii) an original multi-scale model for predicting the TCC structural behavior from the connector property; (iii) a novel composite connector made of UHPFRC and steel to guarantee the structural ductility; (iv) the multi-criteria design and laboratory validation of slender floor structures made of Glulam beam or CLT slab with a thin slab of Ultra-High Performance Fiber Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC). The result discussion will highlight the main features of TCC structures and a new outlook for future applications.
Practical information
- Informed public
- Free
Organizer
- Prof. Brice Lecampion and Prof. Alexandre Alahi
Contact
- Prof. Eugen Brühwiler