Form finding with flexible concrete materialization with addition of agro-industrial pozzolans

Abstract

Resumen. This research is based on the problems faced by designers in the execution of models generated with the "Form-findind" design technique, due to the low or nonexistent market proposal regarding the quality of materials capable of withstanding the stresses to which a model with complex curvatures is subjected; therefore, the use of agro-industrial pozzolans (sugarcane bagasse ash) is proposed as a 20% substitute for Portland cement to obtain flexible concrete, with the intention of evaluating the physicalmechanical behavior and its application to geometries based on force systems (catenaries) obtained from mesh relaxation through digital simulation, following the formfinding technique, resulting in a 16% superiority in compression tests of concrete with pozzolans compared to conventional concrete (control).