Title:
Reducing Carbon Footprint by 50% Using Steel Fiber Reinforced Self-Stressing Concrete (SFRSSC) Ground and Suspended Slabs
Author(s):
Rolands Cepuritis
Publication:
Web Session
Volume:
ws_F24_Cepuritis.pdf
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Date:
11/3/2024
Abstract:
In Europe steel-fiber reinforced self-stressing concrete (SFRSSC) has been developed and successfully applied for achieving embodied carbon savings in ground and suspended slabs for close to 20 years. In this slab-system, by chemically pre-stressing the concrete matrix, the generated compressive self-stress can be used to significantly decrease the thickness of the structures while maintaining their load bearing capacity. By decrease in the total volume of material used, optimisation of the concrete matrix mix-composition and overall improvement in the production process, up to 50 % reduction in the reduced embodied carbon emissions become achievable. In addition, these slabs offer a series of improved serviceability aspects, such a better durability, increased construction joint stability, improved stiffness, better crack control and others.