Innovative composite systems with enhanced resilience to extreme loads

快速增长的全球人口（预计到2050年将达到98亿）和全球城市化创造了对建筑业的需求，从而增加了我们地球有限资源对建筑业的压力。由于传统建筑材料的高碳足迹，这种高需求可能对环境产生有害影响，并且由于建筑物意外或故意极端负荷的威胁而被放大，这可能引发致命的渐进倒塌事件。该项目旨在开发一种创新的结构系统，该系统使用轻质环保材料，具有卓越的结构弹性，可以承受极端载荷和逐渐倒塌。

The rapidly increasing global population (projected to be 9.8 billion by 2050) and global urbanisation have created a demand for the construction industry, thereby increasing the pressure on our planet’s limited resources for the construction industry. This high demand can yield detrimental effects to the environment due to the high carbon footprint of conventional construction materials, and is amplified by the threat of accidental or deliberate extreme loadings to buildings, which can trigger fatal progressive collapse events. The proposed project aims to develop an innovative structural system with that possesses superior structural resilience to extreme loads and progressive collapse using lightweight eco-friendly materials.