Selection of a Sustainable Structural Beam Material for Rural Housing in Latin América by Multicriteria Decision Methods Means
Latin America presents the need of more accessible housing in the rural areas of the region; however, problems that this populations have to face are cost, accessibility and seismic events that leave structural damages in the buildings of the population, raising the need of resisting permanent housi...
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| description | Latin America presents the need of more accessible housing in the rural areas of the region; however, problems that this populations have to face are cost, accessibility and seismic events that leave structural damages in the buildings of the population, raising the need of resisting permanent housing or temporary shelter. Moreover, the conventional steel materials are not always affordable, which makes us consider the utilization of alternative sustainable materials that are easier to reach and with a seismic resistance. In this sense, the conditions of an earthquake are simulated, specialized software selects and recreates candidate materials and multicriteria decision methods make the final selection of the best material to be evaluated in a simulation. In this way, it has been found that a beam must resist an effort of 5.96 MPa, candidate materials are composites and naturals, and considering mechanical, environmental and price aspects, the decision methods chose the bamboo as the best material. Lastly, another simulation validates the selection, allowing us to conclude that the multicriteria decision methods used succeeded to find the best alternative. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4b40c0f30af24a9f9036a4f685ae4e802023-11-23T15:56:54ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172022-01-01123139310.3390/app12031393Selection of a Sustainable Structural Beam Material for Rural Housing in Latin América by Multicriteria Decision Methods MeansJuan Francisco Nicolalde0John Yaselga1Javier Martínez-Gómez2Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias Aplicadas, Universidad Internacional SEK, Quito 170302, EcuadorFacultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias Aplicadas, Universidad Internacional SEK, Quito 170302, EcuadorFacultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias Aplicadas, Universidad Internacional SEK, Quito 170302, EcuadorLatin America presents the need of more accessible housing in the rural areas of the region; however, problems that this populations have to face are cost, accessibility and seismic events that leave structural damages in the buildings of the population, raising the need of resisting permanent housing or temporary shelter. Moreover, the conventional steel materials are not always affordable, which makes us consider the utilization of alternative sustainable materials that are easier to reach and with a seismic resistance. In this sense, the conditions of an earthquake are simulated, specialized software selects and recreates candidate materials and multicriteria decision methods make the final selection of the best material to be evaluated in a simulation. In this way, it has been found that a beam must resist an effort of 5.96 MPa, candidate materials are composites and naturals, and considering mechanical, environmental and price aspects, the decision methods chose the bamboo as the best material. Lastly, another simulation validates the selection, allowing us to conclude that the multicriteria decision methods used succeeded to find the best alternative.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/3/1393material selectionnaturalscompositesmulticriteria decisionsimulationearthquake |
| spellingShingle | Juan Francisco Nicolalde John Yaselga Javier Martínez-Gómez Selection of a Sustainable Structural Beam Material for Rural Housing in Latin América by Multicriteria Decision Methods Means Applied Sciences material selection naturals composites multicriteria decision simulation earthquake |
| title | Selection of a Sustainable Structural Beam Material for Rural Housing in Latin América by Multicriteria Decision Methods Means |
| title_full | Selection of a Sustainable Structural Beam Material for Rural Housing in Latin América by Multicriteria Decision Methods Means |
| title_fullStr | Selection of a Sustainable Structural Beam Material for Rural Housing in Latin América by Multicriteria Decision Methods Means |
| title_full_unstemmed | Selection of a Sustainable Structural Beam Material for Rural Housing in Latin América by Multicriteria Decision Methods Means |
| title_short | Selection of a Sustainable Structural Beam Material for Rural Housing in Latin América by Multicriteria Decision Methods Means |
| title_sort | selection of a sustainable structural beam material for rural housing in latin america by multicriteria decision methods means |
| topic | material selection naturals composites multicriteria decision simulation earthquake |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/3/1393 |
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