The use of thermally activated (calcined) clays as supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) in cement represents a promising optimization step for ordinary Portland cement in terms of environmental...
Chemical engineer Fulvio Canonico has been managing Wilhelm Dyckerhoff Institute for Building Materials Technology since early in 2017. The WDI is responsible for the entire research and development...
In respect of their material characteristics, lightweight concretes with bulk densities smaller than 2,000 kg/m3 can be subdivided into the structurally dense and porous categories. Production of...
Any floor slab whose shortening is obstructed by stiffening components, such as building cores or walls, will be subject to strain caused, for instance, by shrinkage. In this scenario, reinforced...
One of the main objectives in revising DIN 1053-1 was a more differentiated description of the compressive strength of masonry as a function of the different types of blocks used in order to be able...
According to the standards currently in effect, it is not possible to determine the structural capacity of non-reinforced infilling masonry walls made of lightweight concrete masonry taking into...
The freeze-thaw resistance of concrete paving blocks must be verified by the slab test (DIN EN 1338). Sometimes clients in Germany demand the CDF method (DIN CEN/TS 12390-9). Independent of the test...
The idea of expanding the range of lightweight concretes to include lower bulk densities in order to offer interesting thermal solutions has already been successfully implemented in practice by...
In 2016, Berlin Central Station was connected to the tramline. The location is characterized by distinctive solitary buildings arranged heterogeneously side by side, various hotel and office buildings...
Infra-lightweight concrete is of such lightweight and thus thermal insulating, so that this concrete enables the construction of architectural concrete buildings which meet today’s structural physical...
