Day 1: Tuesday, 5th February 2013

Application-oriented research for concrete

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Minimized use of materials in concrete construction – Form follows force

Materialminimiertes Bauen mit Beton - Form follows force

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manfred Curbach, Silke Scheerer

Calcined clays in modern construction materials - Fundamentals and application potentials

Calcinierte Tone in modernen Baustoffen - Grundlagen und Anwendungspotenziale

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Horst-Michael Ludwig, M.Sc. André Trümer

Highly ductile concrete with short fibers – Theoretical foundations and practical examples

Hochduktiler Beton mit Kurzfasern - Theoretische Grundlagen und Anwendungsbeispiele

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Viktor...

Issue 02/2017 New aspects of concrete technology pertaining to their use

Calcined clays as alternative supplementary cementitious materials

High-performance supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) will be required to improve the technical and environmental characteristics of concrete. These SCMs will substitute conventional binders to...

Issue 02/2013

Calcined clays in modern construction materials – Fundamentals and application potentials

The use of calcined clays as additions in mortars and concretes goes back to antiquity. In the context of current sustainability discussions as well as due to the increasingly greater demands...

Issue 02/2020 A challenge for concrete technology?

Reduction of CO2 emissions by means of calcined clays

Calcined clays offer the opportunity to fulfil environmental requirements, to counteract the shortage of resources and to provide the market with high-performance binders, in synergy with other...

Issue 06/2023

Calcined clays in CO2-reduced cements – challenges ranging from raw materials to concrete

The climate protection aims of the German government call for fast and effective action for conversion to CO2-neutral production methods. For the industrial area of action, amendment of the German...

Issue 02/2018 Cement manufacturing

Innovative superplasticizers for thermally activated (calcined) clays

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...