Precast Concrete in Framed Tube High-Rise Structures

In this thesis a particular structural system for high-rise structures is discussed: the prefabricated concrete framed tube and tube-in-tube structures. These system consist of a prefabricated concrete perforated elements in the perimeter of the structure that are the main lateral load resisting elements in the building. For tube-in-tube...

Fibre Reinforced Profiled Mortar Joints for Precast Concrete Structures

The precast concrete sector is growing and to continue this growth it is necessary that new innovations, ideas, technologies etc. are developed to improve the functionality of precast concrete structures. Many applications can be found nowadays for all different kinds of precast concrete elements. One such application for example is precast...

Investigation into behaviour of coupled shear walls by means of continuous method

The Zalmhaven tower: An investigation on the feasibility of precast concrete in a high-rise building in the Netherlands

The number of high-rise buildings and their corresponding height are increasing in the world. However, the highest building in the world with a load bearing precast structure is only 132m high (Het Strijkijzer in The Hague). Is this the maximum height of precast concrete or can we achieve greater heights with this building method? And how do the...

Reuse of hollow core slabs from office buildings to residential buildings

The subject of this thesis is the reuse of hollow core slabs from office building to residential buildings. It was written as final part of the master Civil Engineering of the TU Delft. The occasion for this particular topic is the short functional lifetime of buildings compared to the technical lifetime of their concrete load bearing structure....

Precast concrete cores in high-rise buildings: Structural behaviour of precast corner connections

In this thesis the structural feasibility of a high-rise core composed of precast elements is studied. A core composed of precast elements differs from a cast in situ core in having connections between the precast elements. From preceding research (Falger, 2003) the stiffness reduction due to the horizontal joints and the open vertical joints...