Delivering Complexity Presentation

Architectural Composites Bill Kreysler President Kreysler & Associates February 2015

FRP is: • Reinforcements • Matrix

• ThermoplasDc vs Thermoset • Fillers • Gelcoat • Cores • Finishes

• In-‐mold, post-‐applied, sand blasted, wet sanded, PC, translucent, painted, other (rabbit, perlite)

FabricaDon processes: Open mold Closed mold Filament Winding Pultrusion Vacuum bagging Vacuum infusion Bladder molding

Water AbsorpDon

GFRC 28-‐Day* GFRC Aged* FRP** (30% Chopped E-‐glass)

FRP** (50% Roving Fabric E-‐glass)

16% 16% <0.1% <0.1%

(*) Per Precast / Prestressed Concrete InsDtute "GFRC Recommended PracDce for Glass Fiber Reinforced (**) Sources: Reinforced PlasDcs Handbook / John Murphy; American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASTM RTP-‐1-‐95 "Reinforced Thermoset PlasDc Corrosion Equipment“; American Society of Civil Engineers, Structural PlasDcs Design Manual, 1984; Handbook of Composites, Lubin, 1982; American Bureau of Shipping, Guide for Classing and Building High Speed Crae, 1990 ; Composites Fabricators AssociaDon -‐ Architectural Division -‐ Guidelines and Recommended PracDces for Fiber Reinforced PlasDc Architectural Products

UlDmate Flexural Strength



2,500 to 4,000 (psi)

1,300 to 2,000 (psi) 25,000 (psi) 35,000 (psi)


Modulus of ElasDcity



1.5 x 106 to 3.0 x 106 (psi)

2.5 x 106 to 4.0 x 106 (psi) 1.1 x 106 (psi) 2.4 x 106 (psi)


Compressive Strength



7,000 to 12,000 (psi)

10,000 to 15,000 (psi)

25,000 to 29,000 (psi) 23,200 (psi)


LCA Comparison of Two Aquarium Tank Systems: Fiber-Reinforced Plastic and Concrete

Lightweight

Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center, Baku

One Ocean Pavilion, South Korea

The Walbrook, London

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

Halley VI Research Station, Antarctica

California Bay House

Delivering Complexity Presentation

Documents

Transcript of Delivering Complexity Presentation