Abstract Summary
This paper studies the effect of climate change on the behaviour of thermo-active diaphragm walls. This study also considers the modelling methodology and compares a more simplified model where thermal loads are applied to the structure only, with modelling of atmospheric temperatures. The findings demonstrate the importance of modelling atmospheric temperatures in capturing the behaviour of thermo-active diaphragm walls and also demonstrates the importance of action on climate change. Large differences in temperature between thermal cycles increase lateral displacements as well as internal stresses linearly over the long term.
