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

LITEFLOATCON的目标是建立国际和跨部门合作伙伴关系，为创新轻质高性能混凝土(LWHPC)及其在沿海石化多用途模块化浮式结构物上的应用建立高质量的研究开发。为了实现这一目标，LITEFLOATCON带来了一个由来自9个学术合作伙伴的33名研究人员组成的多学科团队，这些研究人员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的LWHPC，(2)调查各种添加剂对流变性和力学性能的影响，3)评估耐久性，4)测量所开发的各种成分的LWHPC的疲劳性能，(5)构思开发具有优化形状和尺寸的新型模块化浮动结构单元，(6)开发易于安装的模块间连接器，(7)检查模块化浮动单元的整体和局部结构和水动力性能，LITEFLOATCON的成果包括长期和可持续的国际伙伴关系，以提高研究质量，建立具有经过验证的系统设计、材料耐久性和结构安全性的模块化浮动LWHPC系统，以及社会和环境影响的分析和评估框架。这些措施有助于开发下一代沿海结构，增进对材料和结构在恶劣海洋环境中行为的科学知识，设计近海工业的标准化，并有助于欧洲的气候和可持续发展目标。

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.