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Lightweight Buildings

Team and Contact Details

Student Name School Degree Year Email
Muhammad Saad AbrarMCEUndergraduateFourth[email protected]
Hassan SiddiqueMCEUndergraduateFourth[email protected]
Abdul QadeerMCEUndergraduateFourth[email protected]
Ahras HaiderMCEUndergraduateFourth[email protected]
Sibghat UllahMCEUndergraduateFourth[email protected]

Inter School Idea ? No
Do you need expertises from another area: No
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Idea Details

Idea Name: Lightweight Buildings
Slogan: Sustainable and affordable lightweight buildings
Supervisor Name: Col Dr Adeel Zafar
Supervisor Designation: HOD Structures
Supervisor School: MCE
Supervisor Department: Department of Structural Engineering
Contact number: 03335153314
Email ID: [email protected]
Abstract:
    Increasing demand for high-rise building due to urban sprawl is restricted by increased self-weight which make it uneconomical. The study focuses on reducing the self-weight of buildings by adopting novel design approaches which will reduce the member sizes of structural elements, and the use of lightweight materials for non-structural elements which will further reduce the weight.
What is the unmet need in society that your idea will fulfill ?
    Society avoids high-rise structures mainly because these structures will have complex designs and the use of conventional building materials further increases the cost. Our idea of novel design approach replace the use of conventional materials with lighter sustainable materials, reducing the costs.
Who needs it ? How many would benefit ?
   The materials used in our novel design approach are lighter, sustainable, and from renewable resources which do not disturb the environment. So the owners, the public, and the environment will benefit from this novel design idea.
How will the solution works
    The data of a high-rise building, built with conventional methods and materials, is collected. The development of suitable lightweight materials will be done. A new, improved design created in ETABS makes use of these materials, the existing and new structure will be modeled using Revit to provide a 3D representation, quantity, and cost estimate for cost comparison, also will be analyzed using ETABS, and the non-linear analysis will be performed using Perform 3D to compare for performance.
Who are your competitors ? How is your solution different
    Conventional design approaches use conventional materials which result in larger self-weight. Our idea is different, it reduces the sizes of the structural members and prefers to use lighter non-structural materials which will reduce overall self-weight and cost, though we have got no competitors.
Status: new
Entry Date & Time: 2022-12-15 (1832)