Research project REDUCE

Reuse and Demountability Using Steel Structures and the Circular Economy (REDUCE)

The project at a glance

  • Start date:
    01 Jul 2016
  • Duration in months:
    48
  • Funding:
    European Comission’s Research Fund for Coal and Steel
  • Principal Investigator(s):
    Christoph ODENBREIT

About

The project will provide methodologies, tools and guidance to assist in design for deconstruction, for composite steel structures for multi-storey buildings. This will lead to new shear connection systems for demountable composite construction, based on push tests and beam tests to verify composite action and to develop design rules. The whole life benefits of reusable structures will be quantified using LCA and circular economy indicators. Opportunities for greater standardisation and the use of BIM will be explored to facilitate deconstruction. A demonstration of demountability of the developed system is planned. Guidance on design for deconstruction and reuse will be prepared. The research is a common project of Steel Construction Institute, University of Luxembourg, University of Bradford, Lindab, Tata Steel, Bouwen met Staal, Delft University of Technology and AEC3. Research Assistant: András KOZMA PhD-Thesis Title: Demountable composite beams: Analytical calculation approaches for shear connections with multilinear load-slip behaviour. PhD-Thesis URL: https://hdl.handle.net/10993/44263