Concrete has long been used for drinking water applications: the wealth of experience gained in the last few decades shows that the alkaline environment created by the concrete or reinforced concrete...
Often inexperienced users of standards believe that standards are some kind of “Ten Commandments” of technology that cannot be changed any more. But standards reflect the accepted rules of...
Ensuring a reliable, economical, and environmentally compatible energy supply is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. Apart from more intensive use of regenerative energy, more...
Compared to the DIN 1053-1:1996 and DIN 1053-100:2007 masonry standards, DIN EN 1996-3:2010 [1] contains significant improvements and simplifications in conjunction with the National Annex [2]...
Introduction
This paper sets out to clarify applicable traffic load parameters because the introduction of new standards and guidelines has resulted in repeated changes and the corresponding need for...
To install extensive cementitious, polished concrete floors with only a few joints (terrazzo), a double-layer bonded screed is applied wet-on-wet or after hardening of the bottom layer. In the...
Use of lattice girders in reinforced-concrete floor plates is a widely practiced method of construction for conventional high-rise building structures. An estimated 70 % of all floors in these...
Macroporous lightweight concretes whose thermal insulation effect relies on a certain ratio of air voids in the material are subject to physical limitations that have been virtually exhausted by...
Worldwide, concrete is second only to water in terms of its quantities used: each year, approx. 10 billion tonnes of concrete are required. More than 900 million tonnes of old concrete from...
Introduction
In recent years, numerous European standards have been implemented. In the case of harmonized standards, the corresponding national standards had to be withdrawn following expiration of a...
