A jubilee with record attendance

20 Years „Rheological measurements of building materials“

Fig. 1 The general managers of Schleibinger Geräte GmbH, Oliver Teubert and Markus Greim (from left), presented the fascinating measuring technology of the „Viskomat NT“ to the participants of the workshop.

Fig. 2 Record figures: About 200 participants coming from twelve countries visited the colloquium „Rheological Measurements on mineral building materials“.

Fig. 3 Dr. Markus Krüger (University of Stuttgart) demonstrated the „Determination of elastic material parameters with ultrasound“ at one of the three workshop stations.

 For the 20^th time a conference about the rheology of building materials took place on March 1st, 2011 in Regensburg, including a laboratory workshop on March 2^nd.

The time-honored lecture halls were bursting at the seams. Nearly 200 researchers from all over the world visited the historical world heritage city of Regensburg to learn about the latest results in the field of rheology of construction materials, like mortar or fresh concrete. Speakers from Poland to Newfoundland, and visitors from twelve countries, proved the label of an international conference. The 19 presentations given in two sessions focused on the interaction of cement and additives, computer-based flow simulation, ultra high performance concrete and innovations in measurement...