Design of High-Performance Pre-Engineered Steel Concrete Composite Beams for Sustainable Construction

This accessible and practical shortform book details the properties and advantages of high-performance pre-engineered steel-concrete composite beams (HPCBs) for improving the sustainability of construction techniques. It also explains the analysis methods for testing HPCB systems.

The authors describe a new HPCB system that has been developed to reduce the input of raw materials and embodied CO2 commonly associated with heavily loaded and long-spanned industrial buildings (which predominately comprise reinforced concrete) and improve the sustainability of the construction process. They provide several resources throughout to facilitate adoption by professionals.

Design equations derived from Eurocode 4 approach for ultimate limit state and serviceability limit state and worked examples are included throughout. The authors discuss the feasibility for both materials and the full-scale beams and CO2 reduction methods, including use of recycled concrete aggregate, ground granulated blast-furnace and silica fume to replace natural coarse

aggregates and Ordinary Portland Cement. Guidance for testing HPCBs--including setup, test procedure and data collection and interpretation--is also given. The authors also elaborate on recommendations for finite element analysis for HPCBs. Design examples are appended to illustrate typical current practice using a 12 × 12 m grid floor with live load of 15 kPa. Various considerations for different parameters such as fire resistance are discussed. Finally, the authors present a case study of a recently completed industrial building in Singapore to quantify the benefits of using HPCBs over reinforced concrete and conventional composite construction.

Structural engineering professionals, whose work relates to long-span and heavy-loading industrial or commercial buildings, will benefit from the detailed guidance and focus on practical applications provided throughout this book. Post-graduate students of advanced steel and composite structures will also benefit from these descriptions.

Ming-Shan Zhao is Assistant Professor at Singapore Institute of Technology. He has a PhD from Nanyang Technological University and BEng from Tianjin University.

Sing-Ping Chiew is Professor and Programme Leader for Civil Engineering at Singapore Institute of Technology. He obtained his BSc and MSc from University of Wales and his PhD from National University of Singapore.

Guan-Feng Chua is a Research Engineer at Singapore Institute of Technology.

Miao Ding is a Research Engineer at Singapore Institute of Technology.

Yang Yi is a Senior Engineer at JTC Corporation, Singapore. He obtained his B.Eng. and PhD from National University of Singapore in 2013 and 2017, respectively.

Zhengxia Cong is Senior Director of Engineering (Building) at Woh Hup Pte Ltd.