More than 6 % of the worldwide carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions caused by humans are associated with the production of cement and concrete. It is a known fact that a purposeful substitution of the burnt...
A major part of the damages occurring at steel-reinforced concrete structures is caused by the corrosion of the steel reinforcement. Cost-intensive and time-consuming repair works or new replacement...
Bridge construction is a reasonable field of application for carbon-reinforced concrete. The corrosion-resistant reinforcement requires a small concrete cover. Moreover, a protective layer can be...
The robust design of supporting structures is the basis for every structural design. Damages caused by unplanned loads must be limited to a reasonable extent in order to prevent abrupt failure or...
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...
Construction and demolition waste, at 89 million tons, is the dominant type of waste in Germany in terms of quantity. These wastes are mainly recycled in earthworks and road construction. A major part...
The abandonment of fossil fuels for energy generation results in serious changes in the secondary raw materials economy. In concrete production, this applies most of all to coal flyash, which is used...
Concrete is a multipurpose construction material which can be tailored to have numerous different properties. In most cases, it is optimized with respect to the hardened concrete properties, that is,...
The “steel fiber-reinforced concrete” composite material finds more and more fields of application and is increasingly used for the production of precast concrete elements. For this reason, the...
Existing structural frameworks need to be recalculated in accordance with currently applicable standards owing to building conversion and subsequent changes in load levels. Concrete compressive...
