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...
The punching shear behavior of centrically loaded column bases has already been investigated extensively in the past. However, in civil engineering structures, uneven stress distributions due to...
The guideline “Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete” published by the German Committee for Reinforced Concrete (DAfStb) in 2012 regulates the punching shear design of steel fiber reinforced flat slabs with...
The CPC construction method is based on the semi-finished CPC carbon concrete slab. The CPC slab is produced at the plant in thicknesses ranging from 20 mm to 69 mm and in sizes of up to approx....
Carbon-reinforced concrete on the basis of textile reinforcement is a future-oriented alternative to reinforced concrete. When a patent application was filed for reinforced concrete in 1867, textile...
Innovative and efficient concepts are needed for rehabilitating and upgrading our ailing transport infrastructure. For the purpose of repairing such structures, a system is currently being developed...
In retrospect, traveling to the moon seems like child’s play in view of the challenge that humanity is facing today: a dramatic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions to achieve climate neutrality. The...
