Circ-Boost

Pilot Update: Reusable Masonry Infill Tested for the 3R Pilot House โ€“ Belgrade, Serbia (Pilot 3)

Another milestone for circular housing innovation!ย โ™ป๏ธ

The first experimental campaigns assessing decoupled masonry infill systems for the 3R Pilot House have been successfully completed with the support ofย SDA-engineering GmbH, and a generous donation ofย REGUPOLย recycled rubber INODIS strips.

๐Ÿงชย ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ย ๐Ÿญย โ€“ย ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—นโ€“๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟโ€“๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธย ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ปย (๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟย ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ)

A beamโ€“infill interface composed of reused steel elements, rubber layers, and reused bricks was tested under seismic loading.

The results confirmed:

โœ…ย Sufficient shear strength

โœ…ย High deformation capacity

โœ…ย Ability to withstand very strong seismic actions

โœ…ย Improved damage mitigation

๐Ÿงฑย ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ย ๐Ÿฎย โ€“ย ๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—น๐˜†ย &ย ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—น๐˜†ย ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†

The second campaign evaluated whether masonry infill can be mounted and later demounted within the precast frame system.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒย ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ?

๐Ÿ”ย The infill can be effectively disassembled and reassembled without structural damage – validating the concept of decoupled, reusable masonry systems in circular precast housing.

๐Ÿ“ย Conducted within Pilot 3 of the Circ-Boost project

๐Ÿ—๏ธย Advancing the 3R Modular Pilot House concept in Belgrade

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