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

LITEFLOATCON：用于模块化浮动结构的轻质高性能混凝土

• 批准号: EP/Y036190/1
• 负责人: Brabha Nagaratnam
• 金额: $ 13.9万
• 依托单位: Northumbria University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2024 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FY036190%2F1
• 关键词: LITEFLOATCON; Light; Weight; Performance; Concrete

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.

LITEFLOATCON旨在建立一个国际和跨部门的合作伙伴关系，为创新轻质高性能混凝土（LWHPC）及其在沿海空间利用多用途模块化浮动结构上的应用进行高质量的研究开发。为了实现这一目标，LITEFLOATCON沿着一个多学科团队，由来自9个学术合作伙伴的33名研究人员组成，具有互补的专业知识。科学目标包括：（1）开发适用于海岸应用的创新LWHPC，（2）研究各种添加剂对流变和机械性能的影响，（3）评估耐久性，（4）测量开发的各种成分的LWHPC的疲劳性能，（5）具有优化形状和尺寸的新型模块化浮动结构单元的概念开发，（6）开发易于装配的模块间连接器，（7）检查模块化浮式装置的全球和当地结构和水动力性能，以及（8）生成生命周期分析和基于性能的设计指南和建议。LITEFLOATCON的成果包括长期和可持续的国际合作伙伴关系，以提高研究质量，以实现模块化浮式LWHPC系统，并验证系统设计，材料耐用性和结构安全性，以及社会和环境影响的分析和评估框架。这些都有助于下一代海岸结构的发展，提高恶劣海洋环境中材料和结构行为的科学知识，设计海上工业的标准化，以及欧洲的气候和可持续性目标。