Material research
Textile-reinforced concrete produced with renewable raw materials
Adding steel to the concrete matrix is a long-established method that is at the same time necessary because concrete exhibits a high level of compressive strength but only limited tensile strength, which is why it always requires a supplementary material absorbing excessive tensile forces. The embedded steel needs to be covered with additional material in order to protect it from corrosive fluids. Hybrid structures built with textile-reinforced concrete address this issue and can open up new fields of application. One of these approaches practiced for the last couple of years is to substitute...
