US-India Cooperative Research: Investigation of Lightweight Materials and Constructability Techniques for Cost-Effective Housing in India and USA

描述：该奖项支持美国和印度的合作研究项目，题为印度低成本高效住宅的轻质材料和建筑技术调查，美国亚利桑那州立大学(ASU)的Anil Sawhney教授，圣迭戈州立大学(SDSU)的Kenneth Walsh教授和印度理工学院马德拉斯学院(IITM)的Krishnamurthy Ramamurthy教授将使用“全屋方法”研究轻质材料和建筑工艺，以建造高质量的低成本住宅。他们将研究蒸压加气混凝土(AAC)和其他类似材料成为美国和印度住房生产的主要组成部分的潜力。虽然木材在美国一直是一种受欢迎的家庭建筑材料，但在印度，砖和混凝土被广泛使用。研究人员认为，AAC的能量和热质特性、耐用性和成本效益都比其他两个系统都有优势。范围：亚利桑那州立大学、SDSU和IITM之间的合作预计将通过思想、结果和住房研究方法的智力交流而互惠互利。在美国已经进行了广泛研究的住宅生产系统设计的制造、建设和影响，将与印度研究人员在AAC材料表征方面的丰富经验相结合。这项合作预计将扩大对AAC在两种环境下在住宅生产中的使用的理解。它将在院校、研究人员和学生之间建立技术联系，并将有助于改进研究生和本科课程的发展。土木工程与机械系统司正在共同资助这项研究；印度科学与技术部(DST)在NSF/DST联合计划下支持这一项目。

Description: This award supports the US-India cooperative research project entitled Investigation of Lightweight Materials and Construction Techniques for Cost-effective Housing in India and the U.S. Professors Anil Sawhney, Arizona State University (ASU), Kenneth Walsh, San Diago State University (SDSU), and Krishnamurthy Ramamurthy, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) will use the "whole house approach" to investigate lightweight materials and construction processes to build quality cost-effective homes. They will examine the potential for autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) and other similar materials to become a major component in housing production in the U.S. and India. While wood has been a popular home building material in the U.S., brick and concrete are widely used in India. The investigators believe that the energy and thermal mass properties, durability, and cost effectiveness of AAC have advantages over both other systems. Scope: The collaboration between ASU, SDSU, and the IITM is expected to be mutually beneficial through the intellectual exchange of ideas, results, and approaches to housing research. The manufacture, construction, and implications for residential production system design, which have been extensively studied in the US, will be integrated with the Indian researchers' extensive experience in materials characterization of AAC. The collaboration is expected to expand understanding of AAC use in residential production in both settings. It will create technical linkages among the institutions, researchers and students, and will contribute to the development of improved graduate and undergraduate courses. The Division of Civil and Mechanical Systems is co funding this research; and India's Department of Science & Technology (DST) supports this project under the NSF/DST joint program.