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Pattern Design: Chinese sturgeon

Name reference: Yangtze River

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Project Management

Construction

Mix Design

Contents

Hull Design

and Structural Analysis

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Stability

Speed and flexibility

Safety

Design&Analysis

Mix Design

Construction

Management

Hull Design and Structural Analysis

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Stability

19.16 ft

Keel

Typical

cross-section

Design&Analysis

Mix Design

Construction

Management

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Sensor

Stability

Average inclination recovery time

9%

Average fluctuation angle

38%

Scale Experiment

Design&Analysis

Mix Design

Construction

Management

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Canoe

Width of Stern

Length

Straight-Line Resistance (FN*=0.45)

Relic(2023)

11.81 in.

19.8 ft.

37.39 lbf.

Yangtze(2024)

8.58 in.

19.16 ft.

36.73 lbf.

Speed and flexibility

gravity center

Width

Length

3.2%

27%

Yangtze

Relic

Top view of the hull design

CFD analysis

Design&Analysis

Mix Design

Construction

Management

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Safety

Mohr’s Criterion

Composite Stress State

More accurate structural analysis

Design&Analysis

Mix Design

Construction

Management

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Sustainability

Mix Design

Impermeability

Balance between Strength and Density

Design&Analysis

Mix Design

Construction

Management

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Slag Cement - LC3

Greenhouse Gas emissions

40+%

Embodied Energy

30+%

External Mix

Internal Mix

Last year’s LC3 System

Slag Cement - LC3 System

Portland White Cement 14%

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Slag- LC3

LC3

146.78

259.70

Carbon Emissions

(Kg/m3)

Design&Analysis

Mix Design

Construction

Management

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EGC

Greenhouse Gas emissions

50%

EGC Gunwale

Engineered Geopolymer Composites(EGC)

With NO Portland White Cement!

ECC

EGC

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Carbon Emissions

(Kg/m3)

ECC

EGC

303.86

158.34

Design&Analysis

Mix Design

Construction

Management

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Construction

Efficiency

Mold Reusability

Elaboration

Mix Design

Construction

Management

Design&Analysis

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Efficiency

One-piece cutting of different parts

Labor Hours for

Mold Preparations

19%

2023

2024

Grooves for angle steel

Grooves for wooden frames

Supporting block

for angle steel

Mix Design

Construction

Management

Design&Analysis

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Reusability

Mold system

  • Mechanical connection used
  • QUICK and ACCURATE
  • Assembling and disassembling

for reuse

Mix Design

Construction

Management

Design&Analysis

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Reusability

Mold system

  • Mechanical connection used
  • QUICK and ACCURATE
  • Assembling and disassembling

for reuse

Mix Design

Construction

Management

Design&Analysis

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Elaboration

Epoxy Resin

Harder Surface

No Wearing-Out

Surface treatment system

Mix Design

Construction

Management

Design&Analysis

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Elaboration

Epoxy Resin

Harder Surface

No Wearing-Out

PVC Film

Smoother Surface

Fits the mold curve

No warping or Swelling

Surface treatment system

Mix Design

Construction

Management

Design&Analysis

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Epoxy Resin

Harder Surface

No Wearing-Out

Car Wax

Easier Demolding

Elaboration

PVC Film

Smoother Surface

Fits the mold curve

No warping or Swelling

Surface treatment system

Mix Design

Construction

Management

Design&Analysis

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2023.9

Experimental canoe casting

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Project Management

Mix Design

Construction

Management

2023.7

Preliminary design

2023.10

Canoe (final) casting

2023.12

Polishing, training, presentation

2024.2

Shipping

2024.4

Mid-Pacific

Design&Analysis

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Scale experiment

Equipments of the Experiment

Processed Sensor Data of Scale Experiment

Turning Radius – Maximum Height of Keels Curve

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CFD Analysis

CFD Processing Image

Resistance-Time Diagram

Speed-Time Diagram

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Structural Analysis

Punching Shear

Failure Envelope Analysis

Bending Moment and Shear Force Diagram

Relative Distance from Stern to Bow

Bending Moment and Shear Force Diagram

Relative Distance from Stern to Bow

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Mix Design

Influence of Cement-Aggregate Ratio

on Strength and Density

Influence of Fly Ash Ceramic Granules

on Strength and Density

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Engineered Geopolymer Composites

Influence of GGBS on Strength

and Initial Setting Time

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GGBS

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FA

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Water

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Solid Alkali

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Liquid Alkali

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Aggregate

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PE

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Water Reducer

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Retarder

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Impermeability

  • Standard Impermeability Testing
  • Step-by-step Water Pressure Method
  • 130.5 psi

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Prestressing System

Holes Limiting

Drilling Device

Typical Cross-section

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Curing System

Stage 1

Stage 2

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Aesthetic Casting

Color Border

Boundary

PVC Stencils

Letter Casting

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Water Treatment System