Design of High-performance Pre-engineered Steel Concrete Composite Beams for Sustainable Construction

This accessible and practical shortform book details the properties and advantages of high-performance pre-engineered steel-concrete composite beams (HPCBs) for improving the sustainability of construction techniques and explains the analysis methods for testing HPCB systems.

Autorentext

Ming-Shan Zhao is Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at the Singapore Institute of Technology.

Sing-Ping Chiew is Professor and Programme Leader of Civil Engineering at the Singapore Institute of Technology.

Guan-Feng Chua is a Doctorate of Engineering candidate at the Singapore Institute of Technology.

Miao Ding is a research engineer at the Singapore Institute of Technology.

Yi Yang is a senior engineer at JTC Corporation, Singapore.

Zhengxia Cong is Senior Director of Engineering (Building) at Woh Hup (Private) Limited, Professional Engineer in Civil Engineering and Special Professional Engineer in Geotechnical Engineering (Singapore), and Fellow of Charted Structural Engineer (UK).

Inhalt

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 Materials and Buildability

Chapter 3 HPCB at Ultimate Limit State

Chapter 4 HPCB at Serviceability Limit State

Chapter 5 Validation of Analysis Methods with Measurements and Finite Element Analysis

Appendix A Worked Example: HPCB System for a 12 m × 12 m Grid Floor with Live Load of 20 kPa

Appendix B Case Study: Feasibility, Productivity, Cost and Carbon Analysis