The new Tyrol Department Store in Innsbruck opened its doors at the beginning of March. If one believes the press releases, the choice of material for the façade was an essential element for the star...
Products made of photocatalytic concrete are mainly achieved by cements that are doped with photocatalytic titanium dioxide, therefore only white and grey products are commonly available. There is...
This question is literally meant and makes good sense. After all, the largest trade show for construction in Europe is sure to wear out many a pair of shoes once again – or do you perhaps know...
The International IFF Conference is one of very few events held about innovations and visions on everything concerning developments of building materials, processing technology and processing...
These were the key issues on which renowned speakers from both industry and research expressed their opinions and took part in discussions from 9 to 11 February 2010 at the Edwin-Scharff-Haus congress...
Why energy harvesting?
The energy harvester introduced here converts energy from low-frequency oscillations of building structures
(2 to 5 Hz) such as, e.g., at bridges into electrical energy to be...
For control purposes concrete is normally required to be tested under uniaxial compression, indirect tension and flexure. In view of the importance of concrete cube, cylinder and core testing within...
With the use of modern electronics the Franz Ludwig GmbH is getting moisture measurement to optimize the process to market. The same applies to the sensors and for the evaluators, the circuit designs...
Reymann Technik is an engineering firm with worldwide experience in planning, implementation and rationalization of production systems for the precast concrete industry. Some of these concepts, among...
Standards regulations and divergences
Current structural codes permit yield strength of reinforcement bars up to fy = 500 N/mm² (DIN 1045-1) respectively fy ≤ 600 N/mm² (EN 1992-1-1)....
