CONCRETE CANOE: A COMPLEX CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY

Abstract The Concrete Canoe Competition has been organized second time in Hungary in 2013. The main point of the competition is to design and create a floating concrete object with specified dimensions, which does not contain statically rigid frame. A speed-trial is also part of the contest. The tea...

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Published inYBL Journal of Built Environment Vol. 1; no. 2; pp. 43 - 55
Main Authors Leczovics, Péter, Sugár, Viktória
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.12.2013
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Summary:Abstract The Concrete Canoe Competition has been organized second time in Hungary in 2013. The main point of the competition is to design and create a floating concrete object with specified dimensions, which does not contain statically rigid frame. A speed-trial is also part of the contest. The team of Szent István University, Ybl Miklós Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering attended both the first (2012) and the second (2013) competition. In both years the main part of designing and creation of the canoe was under the direction of employees of Building Materials division of the Insitute. Building a concrete canoe proved to be a complex challenge. Knowledge of different engineering fields was required to solve the task - questions about material properties, hydrodynamics, statics, technologies were needed to be solved. Present paper introduces the authors’ experience, investigations, and means of realization of the concrete canoe.
ISSN:2063-997X
DOI:10.2478/jbe-2013-0011