High performance cementitious composites for sustainable roofing panels

In the last decades, the rapid expansion of the built environment has attractedinterest in the development of prefabricated components characterized by reliable structural performances, lightness, energy efficiency and durability. In the design of innovative building systems, High Performance Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Composites (HPFRCC) and Textile Reinforced Concretes (TRC) are becoming increasingly important, since the use of fibers and textiles can easily enhance toughness and ductility of the plain materials, fitting the key issue of weight reduction and, at the same time, guaranteeing a more efficient exploitation of environmental resources [1, 2, 3]. During the research program, several experimental tests were carried out in order to perform the mechanical identification of individual and coupled materials constituting an innovative multilayer roofing panel.