The shift from conventional mobile phones to high-performance smartphones is almost irreversible. According to surveys, about 50 % of Germans owned a smartphone in February 2014 [1], and this ratio...
In the wake of the development of high-performance and ultra-high-performance concrete, as well as novel types of glass-fiber, carbon or micro-reinforcements, engineers embarked on designing and...
Reinforced concrete members without shear reinforcement are calculated using a semi-empirical model that builds up on the tooth model proposed by Reineck [1]. Significant contributions are made by the...
Headquartered in the Lower Saxony town of Nordhorn, Pyratec GmbH began to specialize in the overhaul of production pallets many years ago. After successful tests, the Southern German Company Peri decided to cooperate closely with Pyratec in future: as a result, the specialist company will now take on the sustainable renovation of Peri production pallets with immediate effect...
Precast prestressed concrete floor slabs (prestressed concrete hollow core floors) are primarily used in industrial and commercial construction, in residential construction, for garages and schools....
Due to the production process, structural components made of spun concrete feature a rotationally symmetric hollow section as well as a very low-porous concrete structure. In combination with using...
Edition 06/2011 of DIN EN 1520 is the second generation of this European standard. It was intended to replace the previous version of 2003, which, in the opinion of the German regulatory authorities,...
Load-bearing structures are subject to many load changes owing to not primarily static actions, such as traffic loads on bridges or loads caused by forklift trucks. In this case, verification against...
It is very expensive to use currently available construction methods to build free-form concrete shells. As a result, many designs are not implemented due to shortage of funds, but replaced with...
During the last 30 years reinforced concrete used in façade systems was more and more replaced by steel, glass or wood. Reasons for the fact are unwanted surface damages owing to concrete spalling as...
