Concrete Canoe Production: Material Development, Structural Analysis and Design
Ahsanollah Beglarigale (Dokuz Eylul University)
Çağlar Yalçinkaya (TU Delft - Materials and Environment, Dokuz Eylul University)
Burak Göksu (Dokuz Eylul University)
Sadık Can Girgin (Dokuz Eylul University)
Kadir Emrah Erginer (Dokuz Eylul University)
Serap Kahraman (Dokuz Eylul University)
Halit Yazıcı (Dokuz Eylul University)
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Abstract
In this study, it was aimed to produce a four-person lightweight concrete canoe to participate in the National Intercollegiate Concrete Canoe Competition organized by Istanbul Technical University. Concrete canoe competition is a prestigious activity held regularly in the USA since 1988 by ASCE, mainly aimed at sharing knowledge among civil engineering students. For this purpose, two lightweight concrete mixtures with a hardened unit weight lower than 1000 kg/m3 were designed. Despite of such a low hardened unit weight, they have 13 MPa and 18 MPa compressive strength with excellent bond properties with basalt mesh reinforcement. A nonlinear finite element model for concrete canoe was generated to determine the moment capacity in such a way that four rowers could row at the same time, taking into account the competition rules.
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