Abstract
In this study, it was aimed to produce a four-person lightweight concrete canoe to participate in the National Intercollegiate Concrete Canoe Competition organized by Istanbul Technical University. Concrete canoe competition is a prestigious activity held regularly in the USA since 1988 by ASCE, mainly aimed at sharing knowledge among civil engineering students. For this purpose, two lightweight concrete mixtures with a hardened unit weight lower than 1000 kg/m3 were designed. Despite of such a low hardened unit weight, they have 13 MPa and 18 MPa compressive strength with excellent bond properties with basalt mesh reinforcement. A nonlinear finite element model for concrete canoe was generated to determine the moment capacity in such a way that four rowers could row at the same time, taking into account the competition rules.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 13th International Congress on Advances in Civil Engineering |
| Subtitle of host publication | 12-14 September 2018, Izmir/Turkey |
| Pages | 1-8 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Publication status | Published - 12 Sept 2018 |
| Event | 13th International Congress on Advances in Civil Engineering - Çeşme, İzmir, Turkey Duration: 12 Sept 2018 → 14 Sept 2018 Conference number: 13 |
Conference
| Conference | 13th International Congress on Advances in Civil Engineering |
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| Abbreviated title | ACE 2018 |
| Country/Territory | Turkey |
| City | İzmir |
| Period | 12/09/18 → 14/09/18 |
Keywords
- Lightweight concrete
- canoe
- Concrete Canoe Competition
- hull design
- Structural analysis