Design and construction of the ReciPlyDome, a lightweight modular reciprocal dome

In the event sector, where there is a search for architectural constructions with an innovative morphology, reuse is key to strive towards more sustainable events. Designing modular structures and detailing them for easy disassembly and re-assembly is an ideal way to encourage and facilitate reuse. This way a longer lifespan is assured for the...

Reusing Timber Formwork in Building Construction: Testing, Redesign, and Socio-Economic Reflection

In 2018, the construction sector was responsible for 39% of the worldwide energy and process-related carbon dioxide emissions (Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction et al., 2019). This is partly due to the embodied carbon, which represents the carbon emissions related to building construction and material production (LETI, 2020). While...

A generic methodology to study self-healing properties of thermo-reversible polymer networks

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Studying the healing behavior at a microsopic scale

Research in the field of smart materials that exhibit self-repair mechanisms has greatly expanded over the last few years. This is especially true for polymers and polymer composite materials. One class of self-healing polymer materials is the reversible polymer network systems that use dynamic covalent bonds as a means to repair sustained...

A remendable polymer network based on reversible covalent bonding for coating applications

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Multiple action self-healing coatings for the corrosion protection of metals (abstract)