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PROJECTS

PROCK

Design, development and final validation of new wooden and cement posts

  • Project code
    CENTRO-01-0247-FEDER-039790
  • Approval date
    10/05/2019
  • Start date
    01/08/2019
  • Conclusion date
    31/01/2022
  • Promotor
    TOSCCA
  • Copromotors
    Itecons
  • Intervention region
    Região Centro
  • Total eligible amount
    468.388,61 €
  • Financial support from the European Union
    FEDER - 334.916,57 €
  • Funding

MAIN OBJECTIVE | Strengthen research, technological development and innovation.

The present project has as its ultimate objective the development of posts made from cementitious composites, integrating wood residues (natural and recycled) for use as support structures or fences in agriculture. The incorporation of these residues will make it possible to reuse wood at its end of life, worthless and sometimes contaminated. This solution is also intended to enhance the use of wood, which has been losing ground in the agricultural market, due to its scarcity and high price. As part of the project, compatibility studies will be carried out and wood waste treating systems will be developed with the purpose to incorporating them into cementitious composites. Additionally, the geometries of the new posts will be studied and experimental and numerical studies will be carried out with a view to optimising their functional and environmental characteristics.