Overview of all research projects (alphabetical)

A Data Driven approach towards evacuation from buildings in fire conditions

Adhesive bonding of glass to concrete

An optimal concrete bridge

Behaviour of structural glass in elevated temperatures / fire

C-Bridge: Roadmap into design, guidelines and execution of composite bridges in Flanders

C3PO project

The end goal of the C3PO project is to acquire and start using 3D printing infrastructure for construction related applications

Development of a constitutive law for accurate prediction of time dependent deformation of OPC based cementitious material at elevated temperatures

Do Bamboo - A Sustainable Bio-Based Full-Scale Spatial Structure

Experimental and numerical analysis of bio-inspired infill patterns for structural applications in concrete

Multi-physics simulation of glass to concrete adhesive joints

Multidisciplinary design optimization of building envelope components

Numerical analysis and characterization of FRP composite tiled laminates and sandwich panels: a new class of structurally robust building components

OptiBridge: a topology optimized 3D-printed concrete bridge

Ghent University has built a topology optimized concrete bridge named OptiBridge. The 5-metre-long bridge was optimized in 2D by Technion (Team led by Oded Amir) and redesigned at Ghent University by Ticho Ooms and Gieljan Vantyghem.

Optical sensor integration in architectural glass

Optimization of the end zone of prestressed concrete elements by non-linear analysis

Optimization of the Stiffening Configuration of Axially Compressed Steel Silos on Local Supports

Robustness of steel reinforced glass systems with adhesive connections

Soot modeling in fire-driven flows

Systematic study of extinction and re-ignition modelling through finite rate chemistry in LES simulations of buoyant flames

The use of load-bearing glass in the superstructure of superyachts

Topology optimization of structural components taking into account their fire safety and manufacturability