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2012 Concrete Canoe
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Transcript
"Breaking the Mold"
- Goals:
- Extremely Lightweight
- Maximize Recycled Materials
- Cost Effective Building Methods
- High Performance Design
- Redefining typical Canoe Design
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Questions?
Faster! Faster! Faster!
Painting &
Sealing
Display
Costs
Patching
- Reused Steel Bridge
- 3D Inlay
- Lifegaurd Table
Inlays
Sanding
Breaking the Mold
Hydration Pump
- Eight -5 min cycles/day
- Recycled Circulation System
- Low Maintainance
- Burlap Covering
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Curing
Finishing
Concrete Pour
Jan. 2nd
Seventeen 2 gal. buckets
3.5 Hours with 18 people
- 4 Mixers, 2 Runners
- 8 Placers
- 4 Smoothers & QC
Pour Day
2012
Load Analysis
Moment
Shear
Load Analysis
Buoyant Forces
mold construction
6 piece form sections
mix design
Recycled Materials (shades of green)
- 60.1% by Volume
- 48.2% is Recycled Glass Cenospheres
Proportions
- Journals/Literature
- Competition Experience
- Trial Batches & Testing
hull design
- Introduction
- Hull Design
- Analysis
- Mix Design
- Mold Construction
- Pouring, Removal, Finishing
- Transportation & Costs
Outline
Design Parameters
- 20.5' Length
- 27" Max. Width
- 13.5" Max. Depth
- L:B = 9.11
Tumblehome Cross-Section
- Speed Inducing
- Low Drag
- Enhanced Manuverability