Piñol Gómez, Roberto(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-05-30)
[EN] In the present document a lightweight footbridge concept is developed using the active bending principle. Bending-active structures have the particularity of containing elastic energy within themselves as a consequence ...
[EN] Active bending is recently attracting considerable attention as a new paradigm to build lightweight structures both in research and practice. While there are many references dealing with form-finding methods for ...
Lazaro, Carlos; Castro-Bugallo, M Carmen; Navarro-Gregori, Juan; Serna Ros, Pedro(Asociación Española de Ingeniería Estructural (ACHE), 2022-09-09)
[EN] This contribution describes two concepts for lightweight bending-active footbridges, and the corresponding experimental prototypes made of ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPFRC). The first prototype (bendingactive ...