Book (Full version)

• Advancing the manufacture of complex geometry GFRC for today's building envelopes

  Thomas Henriksen

  1-194

  • Download PDF

  Thin-walled glass fibre reinforced concrete (GFRC) panels are being used as the primary cladding material on many landmark buildings especially in the last decade. GFRC is an ideal material for building envelopes because it is durable, it can resist fire and the environmental impact is low compared to other materials, because the base materials used in the production of GFRC are widely available throughout the world. Thin-walled GFRC was initially developed as a cladding material in the...