Pre-fabricated Steel-Foam Concrete Composite (SFCC) Building Components for Seismic Resistant Buildings

Severe damages experienced during the past earthquakes across the world has raised queries about the seismic safety of buildings and houses that endangers the safety of people. CSIR-SERC has developed a technology for constructing prefabricated, seismic-resistant, low-rise, load-bearing buildings by employing light-weight Steel-Foam Concrete Composite (SFCC) wall, floor elements and the novel connections.

• Prefabricated load bearing SFCC wall panel, SFCC floor/roof panel and SFCC wall-to-wall, SFCC wall-slab joint system will ensure cost effective technologies for mass housing (at least 15% of the existing conventional construction cost) and enables faster construction.
• SFCC based load bearing buildings will possess excellent seismic resistance in Zone V regions and this ensures life safety of occupants by providing sufficient evacuation period which is immeasurable.

• Potential technology for seismic resistant low rise buildings
• Suitable for prefabricated composite load bearing residential/official buildings upto G+3 storey
• SFCC wall panels can be used as partition walls in cold formed steel framed construction
• Suitable for mass housing (G+3) schemes in Zone-V regions
• Suitable for faster construction of buildings during post-disaster mitigation

• Potential technology for seismic resistant low rise buildings
• Ensures occupant safety
• Alternative for conventional structural load-bearing elements
• Less construction cycle period due to prefabricated components
• Entire building can be dismantled and erected again
• Light-weight with adequate strength and ductility – Approximate cost reduction of 15%
• Added thermal comfort due to the cellular foam concrete as the infill material
• Can be effectively used for mass housing (G+3) schemes
• Potential applications - Impact & Shock Resistant Structures