Timber-concrete composite floors are often used to meet particularly demanding structural specifications or to provide a high degree of insulation. The newly constructed Earth System Science Building...
High-performance concrete as a challenge
Ultra-high performance concretes (UHPCs) are building materials with an extremely dense matrix whose properties are very similar to those of steel. Factors...
Brief description of the material
Highly ductile concretes reinforced with short fibers are cement-bound high-performance materials that exhibit strain-hardening properties in tension (thus they are...
Solid concrete structures determine our life
Contemporary life just can’t do without concrete buildings and structures. Nothing would be possible without our built environment: living, working,...
Silence, a sense of well-being and a feeling of security are even of particular importance in nursing facilities and rehabilitation centers. These requirements also applied to the construction of the...
When it comes to structural repairs of concrete structures subjected to severe stresses (as trafficable ramps), only stable PCC I mortars of stress class M3 come into question.
StoCrete TG 114 in the...
Production report by Dreßler Bau GmbH
The facade of the 17-story German headquarters of French oil corporation Total is not just an “off-the-shelf” architectural concrete facade. More than 80...
The regulations familiar until now on the installation of concrete and reinforcement – most recently gone into effect as exclusively valid for Germany as set forth in [1] – remain essentially...
Apart from the descriptions, the concrete properties have been adapted in EC2 on a Europe-wide basis. Whereas there is a minor change in the mean secant modulus Ecm in comparison to DIN 1045-1:2008-08...
Concrete is exposed to external chemical attack in various areas of application. This can seriously impair the durability and performance of a structure. The reactive component of the concrete to...
