Composite Structural Insulated Panels (CSIPs) for Hazard Resistant Structures

建筑结构系统，如结构绝缘板（SIPs）已经证明了节能和经济适用房的能力，但对风暴负荷和洪水的抵抗能力不足。该项目的目标是，有史以来第一次采用新的预成型工艺和低成本热塑性塑料技术，通过复合SIPs （CSIPs）概念的发展，为可持续住房和风暴避难所开发创新的多功能围护系统，这些围护系统将提供更好的能源效率，固有的抗洪能力和更薄的结构板的更高强度。适应廉价的天然纤维增强复合材料取代传统的建筑材料将受到重视。关于基础材料科学和工程，连接（包括机械附件和粘接），结构测试和分析以及环境性能建模的许多问题将被解决，以确定csip的潜力是否可以充分实现。该项目成功的潜在回报可能是将技术快速插入墨西哥湾沿岸各州和洪水易发地区的房屋重建所需的建筑系统中，因为该方法建立在现有的建筑系统概念之上。这些技术的潜力是低成本、节能的住房，具有对洪水、飓风和龙卷风等自然灾害的超强抵抗力，具有巨大的转化为商业应用的潜力。通过大规模试验网投、复合材料产业进入建筑市场等跨学科教育项目，鼓励跨学科工程教育精神。

Building construction systems, such as Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) have demonstrated the capabilities for energy efficient and affordable housing but with inadequate resistance against wind storm loading and floods. The objective of the project is to, for the first time ever, adapt a new preforming process and low cost thermoplastic technology to develop innovative multifunctional envelop systems for sustainable housing and storm shelter through the evolution of Composite SIPs (CSIPs) concepts that will provide better energy efficiency, inherent flood resistance and substantially higher strength with much thinner structural panels. Adaptation of inexpensive natural fiber reinforced composite to replace conventional building materials will receive emphasis. Numerous issues regarding basic materials science and engineering, joining (including mechanical attachments and bonding), structural testing and analysis, and environmental performance modeling will be addressed to determine if the potential of CSIPs can be fully realized. The potential payoff for success of this program could be rapid technology insertion into building systems needed for the rebuilding of homes in the gulf coast states and in flood prone areas since the approach builds upon existing construction systems concepts. The potential for these technologies to lead to low cost, energy efficient housing with superior resistance to natural hazards such as floods, hurricanes, and tornados is tremendous with excellent potential for transition into commercial applications. The spirit of interdisciplinary engineering education will be encouraged through cross-disciplinary educational program including web casting of large-scale tests and engaging the composites industry in the construction market.