Constraint forces occurring in reinforced-concrete members are often difficult to determine. This particularly applies to reinforced-concrete floor slabs in multi-story building construction, which...
Residual quantities of fresh concrete are constantly accumulating in ready-mixed concrete and precast concrete plants; these residuals are often treated in fresh concrete recycling systems. These only...
Additive manufacture (AM) and/or 3D printing with concrete represents a highly innovative and future-oriented production technology for the construction industry. For one, linkage with modern...
In the context of mitigating climate change, one of the key demands is to reduce the CO2 emissions generated in the production of cement and the concrete containing it. However, since the process of...
The construction methods of staircases for outdoor applications fundamentally differ from those for indoor applications. In contrast to stairs in buildings which have to be designed and dimensioned in...
Multi-layer reinforced-concrete wall panels comprise a supporting and facing shell made of reinforced concrete as well as an interior insulating layer. The facing shell, which forms the façade, has a...
In real-life application, problems repeatedly arise during the execution of concrete structures due to an excessively high or non-uniform water content in the fresh concrete mix. For quality assurance...
Strengthening structural concrete members by augmenting cross-sections or gluing supplementary reinforcement onto surfaces or into slots yields benefits resisting service loads. Since members are...
Model-based 3D structural software (BIM software) has been available to builders, planners, building contractors and the trades for some years now. BIM (Building Information Modeling) is a digital,...
At times, concrete has been regarded as being cold and not very creative. But now this construction material is no longer used only for building massive structures, but is often employed by architects...
