CARBON FOOTPRINT OF A CONCRETE TRANSPORT STRUCTURE - A DEEP TUNNEL
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https://doi.org/10.31650/2786-6696-2022-2-27-36Keywords:
carbon footprint, carbon dioxide emissions, underground transport tunnel, monolithic heavy concrete, steel and non-metallic composite reinforcement, construction life cycle, stage, information group (module).Abstract
The research object of this scientific work is the massive concrete structures of underground low-deep transport tunnels, reinforced with steel and non-metallic composite reinforcement. Circular-section tunnels with the frame nominal diameters of 5, 10 and 15 m are considered.
The subject of the research study is the assessment of the averaged carbon footprint in both types of the constructive solution throughout their entire life cycle. The presented research is due to the need to implement the European Climate Law (the European Green Agreement. At the same time the Paris Agreement (2016) recommends to stop producing and using carbon steel in construction by 2030. The ecological impact of both types of transport tunnels is expressed in the form of carbon footprint, as the equivalent of carbon dioxide emissions, which is calculated separately for each stage of their existence in accordance with the current European Codes, including the recommendations of the proprietary methodology.
To determine the required sizes of the tunnels concrete frames and their reinforcement, the numerical routine (B3) experiment was carried out in PLAXIS software complex in accordance with the current regulations.
Averaged according to three different diameters and generalized carbon dioxide emissions during the life cycle of the reference structure (type 1) and proposed one (type 2) of the underground transport tunnel with the length of 1 m.p. were, respectively, 15.97 t СО2 eq and 11.551 t СО2 eq, i.e. decreased by almost 1.4 times.
The conducted research made it possible to analyze the carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere, to systematize the existing factors and impact factors of the specified building on the environment, and to determine the ways of their reduction. The possibility and expediency of using basalt-plastic reinforcement instead of steel in monolithic concrete structures, incl. transport tunnels, according to the criterion of reducing greenhouse gas emissions are proved.
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