Formwork (shuttering) in concrete construction is used as a mold for a structure in which fresh concrete ... aluminium are used in cast-in-situ construction such as slabs or members involving curved ...

In celebration of his 90th birthday today, we've rounded up 12 key projects from the nearly six-decades-long career of Norman Foster. From his beginnings as a high-tech pioneer to leading an ...

Two structures ... The ends of each concrete tube are fully glazed, with the use of reflecting pools and polished Kota stone floors ensuring that dappling and rippling sunlight is cast up and across ...

The proposed modeling technique uses curved beam and catenary elements for simulating ... The composite beam is comprised of a reinforced concrete (RC) slab partially or fully connected to a steel ...

From ground-floor level, the slabs are metal-decking and reinforced concrete composite ... heat-strengthened curved glazing panels that will adorn the structure’s most prominent corner are ...

Steel plate shear walls are becoming popular for steel structures ... respectively. The slab thickness is 120 mm and there are no cantilevered slabs in the building. No reinforced concrete shear walls ...

ETH News: Unfold Form A vaulted floor has a curved, arch-like profile, and is typically stronger than flat slab floors ... the corrugated structure of the vaulted floor Two concrete structures ...

With concrete the most utilized construction ... where the resulting deformation creates stability and allows for curved, lightweight structures. A key feature of Unfold Form is the zigzag-like ...

"Unfold Form" is a lightweight and reusable formwork system for vaulted concrete structures. This type of formwork uses ... less steel than the conventional reinforced concrete floor slab, reducing ...