Virtually an all-rounder among the concretes
Figure: Alexander-Blumhoff / sbp
Figure: Alexander-Blumhoff / sbp
Figure: Alexander Hückler / TU Berlin
Figure: Alexander Hückler / TU Berlin
Figure: Alexander Hückler / TU Berlin
Figure: Alexander Hückler / TU Berlin
Figure: Mike Schlaich /sbp
Figure: Mike Schlaich /sbp
Figure: Zooey Braun
Research on infra-lightweight concrete as a monolithic and thermal-insulating construction material is conducted at the Chair of Conceptual and Structural Design at Technische Hochschule Berlin headed by Prof. Dr. Mike Schlaich. He and Dr. Alexander Hückler will present current findings of the research activities, among others, at the upcoming BetonTage congress held in Ulm.
Generally, concrete is regarded as a heavy, solid, load-bearing and impermeable material. Infra-lightweight concrete, which etymologically derives from the Latin adverb infra = below/beneath, combines a range of properties and applications which are a novelty in respect
of the construction material concrete. Due to the reduction
of its specific weight to below 800 kg/m³, infra-lightweight concrete is one of the extremely light and structurally
dense concretes, summarized under the general term of lightweight concrete. Infra-lightweight concrete even undercuts the well-known characteristics and...
