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Previous studies have shown that 33 % to 44 % of the mass embodied in residential and office buildings and up to 50 % in high-rise buildings is attributable to floor slabs. Floor slabs are typically bearing a bending load. Load-transfer through bending is not efficient because the [...]

Abstract

High demand for living and working space as well as the corresponding infrastructure, caused by a growing population and increasing prosperity worldwide, leads to increased consumption of mineral resources. This is accompanied by high usage of grey energy and a high output of greenhouse [...]

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The construction sector is responsible for high grey energy consumption and high greenhouse gas emissions. Adaptive structures can be a suitable solution to counteract this. Actuation of a beam to reduce the mass by counteracting the deflection with integrated fluidic actuators [...]