LITEFLOATCON: Light-Weight High Performance Concrete for Modular Floating Structures

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LITEFLOATCON aims to build an international and intersectoral partnership for high-quality research development on innovativelight-weight high performance concrete (LWHPC) and its application on multi-purpose modular floating structures for coastal spaceutilisation.To achieve this ambition, LITEFLOATCON brings along a multi-disciplinary team comprising 33 researchers from nine academicpartners with complementary expertise. The scientific objectives include: (1) developing innovative LWHPC suitable for coastalapplications, (2) investigating the influence of various additives on the rheological and mechanical properties 3) assessing thedurability properties 4) measuring the fatigue performance of LWHPC of various compositions developed (5) conceptualdevelopment of novel modular floating structural units with optimised shape and size, (6) developing an easy-fit inter-modularconnector, (7) examining the global and local structural and hydrodynamic performances of the modular floating units, and (8)generating Life-Cycle Analysis and performance-based design guidelines and recommendations.The outcomes of LITEFLOATCON include long-term and sustainable international partnerships that enhance the quality of researchtowards a modular floating LWHPC system with verified system design, material durability and structural safety, and an analysis andassessment framework for social and environmental impacts. These contribute to the development of next-generation coastalstructures, to improved scientific knowledge of material and structural behaviour in harsh marine environments, to designstandardisation of the offshore industry, and to Europe's climate and sustainability goals.