Structural Insulated Panels: State-of-the-Art

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Structural Insulated Panels: State-of-the-Art

Journal Title: Trends in Civil Engineering and its Architecture - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue 1

Abstract

This article aims to review and illuminate the latest research conducted on structural insulated panels (SIP) together with the latest information of the current experiment carried out by the authors. The authors attempt to weight up both sides of argument regarding the design methods of SIP: affordability and applicability in construction industry, by taking up-to-date concrete technology and manufacture into consideration. The article primarily shines a light on the new material used for SIP’s skin and core. The fiber-carbon-reinforced polymer plate, glass-fibre reinforced magnesia cement boards, E-glass/polypropylene and glassfibre- reinforced polymer grid have recently been proposed for SIP components material. Besides, the performance of SIPs against wind load is investigated. Far little attention has been paid to SIP connections is in recent research. Economically, there is a need to innovatively alter an affordable material for SIP components to set the scene for its mass production. The modular and prefabricated houses are becoming more popular as today’s customers prefer fast-constructed building in favor of time-consuming processed conventional building [1]. Consequently, due to the demand for prefabricated elements of building the need for structural insulated panels (SIPs) has been highlighted in recent years. Being lightweight, thermal performance and speed of installation are the main advantages of SIP which attracted the researchers’ attention. SIPs can serve the building as both wall and floor. Since emergence of SIP design, in 1930, proposed by the Forest Products Laboratory in U.S., there have been issues regarding its components material, connections, shear connectors and fire resistance [1]. Among aforementioned issues, the propose of an alternative material has attracted researchers’ attention nowadays [1-7]. The conventional material used for SIP skin are sheet metal, oriented strand board (OSB), plywood, cement board. Fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) plate has been proposed as SIP skin, and also as shear connectors between the two skins of SIP [7-8]. Besides, glass-fibre reinforced magnesia cement board and E-glass/polypropylene laminate have been recently proposed to alter traditional SIP skin material [9-10]. The use of carbon-fibrereinforced polymer (CFRP) sheet for strengthening of SIP skins against lateral loads is becoming popular. Wood wool and cement board are used as SIP skin while expanded polystyrene (EPS) is used as SIP core in this experiment.

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Panjehpour A

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EP ID EP608083
DOI 10.32474/TCEIA.2018.03.000151
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