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 Prof. R. Kumutha Department of Civil Engineering, Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, India |
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| Title: INTRODUCTION TO DEMOUNTABLE R.C. STRUCTURES | |
| Abstract: Demountable Reinforced Concrete Structure is a prefabricated structure in which components or parts are assembled by properly designed and fully removable dry structural connections with no or almost no cast-in-place concrete. Structural parts can be demounted with no or little destruction and are suited for reuse. Demounting instead of demolishing leads to less energy consumption, better cost control, better quality management and minimisation of dust and noise. There is a ppossibility to reuse structural components as elements for new buildings either in the original shape or they could be adjusted to new geometries. In seismic regions “upgradability” of the building system with the replacement of critical elements (i.e. beams) with new elements of higher strength is possible in demountable concrete building. Addition of extra elements (i.e. steel braces) to the lateral load resisting frames is possible. The most common systems are: beam and column systems (beam elements, column elements, connections), floor and roof systems (floor elements, roof elements, connections), bearing wall systems (wall elements, connections) and façade systems (façade wall elements, connections). There is an ample scope to develop pre-fabricated large-scale elements of 100% recycled green materials (geopolymer concrete) from construction and demolition waste that can be easily demountable/Deconstructable. | |
| Biography: Dr.R.Kumutha is presently Professor & Head, Department of Civil Engineering , Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Sriperumbudur which is one of the Prestigious Higher Education Institutions in Chennai, India. Her research area is Geopolymer composites, Fibre reinforced Polymer Composites and Sustainability in Construction. Dr.R.Kumutha has published papers in 57 International / National Journals out of which 25 Journal Publications are Scopus Indexed with 345 Citations and H index of 8 and 707 Citations in Google Scholar and H index of 10. Dr.R.Kumutha had received funded projects from Department of Science & Technology, University Grants Commission and AICTE, New Delhi. In total, she has fetched a grant of about Rs.40 lakhs from various funding agencies. In recognition of her outstanding research contributions, her Biographical profile has been included in Marquis who’s who in the World 2009. Dr.R.Kumutha is the recipient of many Prestigious awards like Shayesta Akhtar Memorial National Award for Best Women Engineering College Teacher for the year 2018 from Indian Society for Technical Education, New Delhi, Prof. K Arumugam National Award for Innovative research in Engineering & Technology for the year 2014 from ISTE, New Delhi , State Award for Best Engineering College Teacher for the year 2016 from ISTE, Tamilnadu & Pondicherry Section and Best Guide Award from Entrepreneurs Council of India in National level Paper Presentation contest. She played the role of Scientific Committee member, Keynote Speaker and Session Chair in several International Conferences held in Singapore, China, Dubai and Czech Republic and she has also delivered Expert lectures for many Technical Institutions in India. | |
