TY - CONF A1 - Miccoli, Lorenzo A1 - Fontana, Patrick A1 - Johansson, G. A1 - Zandi, K. A1 - Portal, Natalie Williams A1 - Müller, U. T1 - Numerical modelling of UHPC and TRC sandwich elements for building envelopes T2 - IABSE conference - Structural engineering: Providing solutions to global challenges (Proceedings) N2 - ln this paper a modelling approach is presented to reproduce the mechanical behaviour of sandwich panels via finite element analysis. Two types of panels were investigated in this scope of work. The first sandwich element was a textile reinforced concrete (TRC) panel with cellular lightweight concrete insulation and the second configuration was an ultra-high performances concrete (UHPC) panel with aerated autoclaved concrete insulation. The goal was to obtain a reliable numerical strategy that represents a reasonable compromise in terms of sufficient accuracy of the element characteristics and the computational costs. The results show the possibility of describing the composite action in a full sandwich panel. The achieved modelling approach will later be used for the optimization of TRC and UHPC panels in terms of minimizing the thickness, identifying the number and location of connectors, as well as evaluating varying anchorage Systems. T2 - IABSE conference - Structural engineering: Providing solutions to global challenges CY - Geneva, Switzerland DA - 23.09.2015 KW - Sandwich elements KW - Ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) KW - Textile reinforced concrete (TRC) KW - Autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) KW - Cellular lightweight concrete (CLC) KW - Finite element analysis (FEA) PY - 2015 SN - 978-3-85748-140-6 SP - 195 EP - 203 AN - OPUS4-34552 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -