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ADVANCED CONSTRUCTION
FILIP VAN DE VOORDE




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les 1: introduction – concrete: history ............................................................................................................ 5
Chapter 1: construction history concrete ................................................................................................... 5
best practices ............................................................................................................................................. 7
Les 2: concrete technology and future techniques ........................................................................................ 7
Ecological impact ....................................................................................................................................... 7
Production process .................................................................................................................................... 7
The composition of concrete ...................................................................................................................... 9
Design and construction process ............................................................................................................. 10
The use phase and end-of-life ................................................................................................................. 10
Contemporary and future strategies ........................................................................................................ 10
1) Binary and ternary cements ....................................................................................................... 10
2) Cement based on recycled construction rubble ......................................................................... 11
3) recycled cement ......................................................................................................................... 11
4) Cement based on magnesium silicate ....................................................................................... 11
5) CSH cement ............................................................................................................................... 12
6) Belite cement (reactive belite-rich portalnd cement RBPC) ....................................................... 12
7) super-sulphated cement ............................................................................................................. 12
8) sulphur concrete ......................................................................................................................... 12
9) alkali activated materials (AAMs) – geopolymers ...................................................................... 13
10) calcined clay ............................................................................................................................... 13
11) ashing of biomass .......................................................................................................................... 13
12) curing by carbonation ..................................................................................................................... 14
13) cement with low lime content ......................................................................................................... 14
14) recycled aggregates ....................................................................................................................... 14
15) artificial (industrial) aggregates – copper slag ............................................................................... 14
20) injection of CO2 into fresh concrete ............................................................................................... 14
21) On-site recycling and production ................................................................................................... 14
22) Demountable or reversible construction ........................................................................................ 15
23) 3D printing ...................................................................................................................................... 15
24) self-healing concrete ...................................................................................................................... 15
25) smart crushing techniques ............................................................................................................. 15
26) (Smart sorting and separation techniques) .................................................................................... 15
27) Biodeposition of CaCO3 by bacteria .............................................................................................. 15
recap: contemporary strategies towards sustainability ............................................................................ 15


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,Les 3: wood: techniques timber building systems ....................................................................................... 16
Context ..................................................................................................................................................... 16
Types of timber construction systems ..................................................................................................... 16
Stability..................................................................................................................................................... 17
Fire safety ................................................................................................................................................ 18
Acoustics .................................................................................................................................................. 19
Moisture protection .................................................................................................................................. 19
Thermal performance ............................................................................................................................... 20
Mid-rise timber in Belgium and Europe .................................................................................................... 20
Les 4: construction history steel .................................................................................................................. 21
Wrought iron and cast iron ....................................................................................................................... 21
Railways and great ships ......................................................................................................................... 24
Bridges ..................................................................................................................................................... 24
Train stations............................................................................................................................................ 24
skyscrapers and co .................................................................................................................................. 25
Connections ............................................................................................................................................. 28
Steel in modern architecture .................................................................................................................... 29
Les 5: steel technology and future techniques ............................................................................................ 30
Ecological impact ..................................................................................................................................... 30
Production process .................................................................................................................................. 31
Blast furnace – basic oxygen furnace .................................................................................................. 31
Electric arc furnace ............................................................................................................................... 32
Steel casting ......................................................................................................................................... 33
Design and construction process ............................................................................................................. 33
Use and end-of-life ................................................................................................................................... 34
Contemporary and future strategies ........................................................................................................ 34
Les 6: building survey .................................................................................................................................. 37
“As found”................................................................................................................................................. 37
Renovation: some archetypes .............................................................................................................. 37
Basics ....................................................................................................................................................... 37
History ...................................................................................................................................................... 39
Foundations ............................................................................................................................................. 40
Masonry ................................................................................................................................................... 40
timber ....................................................................................................................................................... 41
Concrete................................................................................................................................................... 42
Steel ......................................................................................................................................................... 43

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Hey, al mijn samenvattingen zijn op dezelfde manier opgebouwd. Het is geordend volgens de lessen alsook beeldmateriaal is terug te vinden in elke samenvatting. Het begin met een inhoudsopgave en gaat zo chronologisch de lessen af. Elke samenvatting bevat de volledige lesinhoud.

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