Development of a multifunctional photovoltaic integrated insulated concrete sandwich panel

In-plane cyclic behaviour of RC frames strengthened with composite sandwich panels

“…However, the use of RSF for the production of applications designed for enhancing seismic performance is still scarce, especially regarding the production of facade/sandwich panels. Considerable efforts have also been made on using fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) shear connectors [32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40] instead of steel connectors to avoid thermal bridges between sandwich panel wythes. However, most sandwich panel solutions proposed for integrated seismic and thermal retrofit of building envelopes did not assure a continuous insulation, hence failing to avoid thermal bridges in building envelopes.…”