The Interreg NWE SeRaMCo (Secondary Raw Materials for Concrete Precast Products) EU research project – involving eleven international partners from industry and research and a total funding amounting...
Carbon-reinforced concrete is a composite material that has been studied extensively since 2014 within the landmark “C³ – Carbon Concrete Composite” research project [1] funded by the Federal Ministry...
Heliostats are collectors designed for point-focusing concentrated solar power plants. A large number of heliostats concentrate the incoming solar radiation onto a receiver located at the top of the...
The wide variety of different designations given to high-performance concretes, such as UHPC, UHPFRC, DFRCC, SHCC, RPC etc., reminds to biblical language confusion. Their approval procedures are no...
BIM models are usually not available as a basis of design for the redevelopment of existing structures. Capturing technologies such as laser scanning, photogrammetry or mobile mapping systems are...
Vibrating block machines require particular attention because their appropriate operation determines the productivity of the entire plant. During production, anomalies may occur on concrete products....
Due to an excellent price-to-performance ratio and the global availability of all raw materials, cement and concrete are, in terms of mass, by far the most important construction materials. The...
Lightweight concrete with open structure and lightweight aggregate is increasingly used for the construction of façades due to its excellent thermal insulation properties. Pumice, which occurs...
D-regions are usually designed using strut-and-tie models (STM) [1]. For complex structural geometries, however, generating suitable STM is challenging. The flow of forces must be known, taking into...
The formation of cracks is an inherent feature of reinforced-concrete construction. The width of any cracks occurring needs to be limited to a non-detrimental extent, however, in order to permanently...
