Open AccessEFFECTIVE STEEL CONCRETE STRUCTURES AND POSSIBILITIES OF THEIR APPLICATION
Author(s) -
Audronis Kazimieras Kvedaras,
Antanas Šapalas
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
technological and economic development of economy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.634
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 2029-4921
pISSN - 2029-4913
DOI - 10.3846/13928619.2004.9637659
Subject(s) - brittleness , composite number , building material , shell (structure) , lithuanian , core (optical fiber) , structural engineering , materials science , composite material , engineering , philosophy , linguistics
Application of effective building structures may induce a big economic effect in the current Lithuanian building industry. The level of strength utilization of components and materials is one of the indexes of the effectiveness of a structure. Composite steel concrete structures are composed of materials with very different mechanical properties. A brittle high‐strength centrifugal concrete core and an elastic‐plastic external shell successfully complement each other. Long‐lasting investigations in Vilnius Gediminas Technical University create a good possibility to implement such structures into real buildings. The main samples of application of composite steel concrete structures are presented in this paper.