
Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Extraordinary possibilities using fabric to form concrete structures
J.J. Orr, T.J. Ibell, A.P. Darby & M. Evernden
BRE Centre for Innovative Construction Materials, University of Bath, Bath, England
ABSTRACT: Concrete, our most widely used construction material, is a fluid that offers the opportunity
to economically create structures of almost any geometry. Yet this unique fluidity is seldom capitalised on,
with concrete instead being cast into rigid prismatic moulds to create high material