Ultra High Performance Fibre Reinforced Concrete Spandrel Cladding Panels in Façade Applications

A novel spandrel cladding panel design using Ultra High Performance Fibre Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC) with Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) reinforcing bars are load tested and compared to analytical calculations and the results of an elastic finite element analysis. Five panels are load tested, three subjected to static load testing, and two subjected to fatigue load testing. The deflection of the panels under serviceability wind pressure load testing agreed well with the calculated values, in most cases deflecting less than the design limit. The failure strength of the panels was shown to be as much as four times higher than calculated. Results of the fatigue testing concluded that the panels were unaffected by cyclic loading at the simulated wind loading levels.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Engineering (MEng)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Civil Engineering

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Graduate Studies

Year dc:date.issued

2014

Author dc:creator

• Pesta, David Thomas

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• El-Hacha, Raafat

• Engineering--Civil

Statement dc:rights

• University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.

Language dc:language.iso

eng

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/28543

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:ucalgary.scholaris.ca:11023/1960