TY - GEN
T1 - Analytical Modelling of Energy Geostructures
AU - Rotta Loria, Alessandro F.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Over the past twenty years, a substantial amount of research has been performed to expand the understanding and modelling capabilities of energy geostructures: innovative earth-contact structures that provide combined structural support and renewable energy supply. The numerical modelling of energy geostructures has been progressively improved in capabilities and effectiveness, representing a critical solution for any comprehensive analysis and design of such geostructures. However, despite the observed rise in computational capabilities, the numerical modelling of energy geostructures remains daunting, especially for the engineering practice. In this context, analytical solutions based on sound theoretical principles and validated through experimental evidence represent paramount tools for the analysis and design of energy geostructures. This paper summarises the only analytical solutions currently available for the analytical modelling of a key problem in the analysis and design of all energy geostructures: the response of such geostructures to the thermal and mechanical actions that are applied as a consequence of their structural support and energy supply. Cylindrical and plane energy geostructures, such as energy piles and walls (or slabs) are considered, respectively.
AB - Over the past twenty years, a substantial amount of research has been performed to expand the understanding and modelling capabilities of energy geostructures: innovative earth-contact structures that provide combined structural support and renewable energy supply. The numerical modelling of energy geostructures has been progressively improved in capabilities and effectiveness, representing a critical solution for any comprehensive analysis and design of such geostructures. However, despite the observed rise in computational capabilities, the numerical modelling of energy geostructures remains daunting, especially for the engineering practice. In this context, analytical solutions based on sound theoretical principles and validated through experimental evidence represent paramount tools for the analysis and design of energy geostructures. This paper summarises the only analytical solutions currently available for the analytical modelling of a key problem in the analysis and design of all energy geostructures: the response of such geostructures to the thermal and mechanical actions that are applied as a consequence of their structural support and energy supply. Cylindrical and plane energy geostructures, such as energy piles and walls (or slabs) are considered, respectively.
KW - Analytical modelling
KW - Energy geostructures
KW - Thermo-mechanical actions
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-64518-2_130
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-64518-2_130
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85101557263
SN - 9783030645175
T3 - Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
SP - 1093
EP - 1101
BT - Challenges and Innovations in Geomechanics - Proceedings of the 16th International Conference of IACMAG - Volume 2
A2 - Barla, Marco
A2 - Di Donna, Alice
A2 - Sterpi, Donatella
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
T2 - 16th International Conference of the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics, IACMAG 2021
Y2 - 5 May 2021 through 8 May 2021
ER -