Josa, Irene;
de la Fuente, Albert;
Casanovas-Rubio, Maria del Mar;
Armengou, Jaume;
Aguado, Antonio;
(2021)
Sustainability-Oriented Model to Decide on Concrete Pipeline Reinforcement.
Sustainability
, 13
(6)
, Article 3026. 10.3390/su13063026.
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Abstract
The design of sustainable sewerage infrastructure is fundamental for achieving long-term sustainability goals. Piping systems are essential components in the water supply chain and in waste disposal systems worldwide. Among possible designs for concrete pipes, steel cages consisting of curved rebars have been predominantly used as reinforcement. However, structural fibres have emerged as an attractive technical and economical alternative for substituting steel cages. Due to increasing urbanisation, thousands of kilometres of pipes will be constructed in the near future. At present, decisions regarding reinforcement of concrete pipes are primarily cost-driven. To consider other aspects, it is fundamental to identify and quantify potential sustainability issues properly. Hence, this paper focuses on the sustainability analysis of reinforced concrete pipes using a multi-criteria decision-making method. A model based on criteria, indicators, weights and value functions is developed and calibrated by assessing various concrete reinforcement strategies (steel bars or steel/synthetic fibres). The main contributions of the article are the proposal and application of a model for the case of concrete pipes which can be adapted for other case studies; determining how different typologies of pipes contribute to the overall sustainability of infrastructure systems; and the use and application of a robust and interesting multi-criteria decision-making methodology. The results show that fibre reinforced concrete pipes are promising alternatives in social, economic and environmental terms. Both the model and results are expected to be useful to stakeholders in decision-making processes.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Sustainability-Oriented Model to Decide on Concrete Pipeline Reinforcement |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.3390/su13063026 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.3390/su13063026 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Green & Sustainable Science & Technology, Environmental Sciences, Environmental Studies, Science & Technology - Other Topics, Environmental Sciences & Ecology, sustainability, pipeline, fibre-reinforced concrete, concrete pipe, Integrated Value Model for Sustainability Assessment (MIVES), water supply, MULTICRITERIA DECISION-MAKING, MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE, STEEL, PIPES, DESIGN, MIVES, HERITAGE, VIKOR, OPTIMIZATION, TECHNOLOGIES |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Civil, Environ and Geomatic Eng UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10154282 |
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