Assuming responsibility in a family business is complex not only in terms of legal and fiscal matters but must, above all, fit in with the company’s entrepreneurial mission: competing successfully in...
Adequate anchorage of steel into concrete is essential for the proper functioning of reinforced concrete structures. Rebar anchorage is typically provided by small ribs continuously distributed over...
This presentation provides information on designing in accordance with the DAfStb (German Committee for Structural Concrete) guideline on “Concrete components with non-metallic reinforcement” and an...
This presentation provides information on designing in accordance with the DAfStb (German Committee for Structural Concrete) guideline on “Concrete components with non-metallic reinforcement” and an...
The industrial revolution has reduced human exposure to natural microbes. Our urban environment, buildings and playgrounds moved from green to gray. At the same time our food became more processed....
This presentation discusses the repair and strengthening of reinforced-concrete structures with Ultra-high Performance Fibre Reinforced Shotcrete (UHPFRSC),with special focus on the crack-bridging...
In an increasing number of biaxial reinforced concrete slabs, void formers are arranged to displace concrete in those areas, where it is not needed to ensure bearingcapacity and serviceability limit...
Since the mid-1980s, the Department of Recycling in Construction at Brandenburg Technical University has risen to the challenge of dealing with sustainability in existing building stock, for the...
With publication of DIN 1045-2:2023-08, the technological concreteregulations for use of recycled aggregate were significantly extendedin comparison to DAfStb code of practice “Concrete According to...
In [1], an approach for verifying the shear resistance of ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) girders is presented. This approach follows Eurocode 2 and the German DAfStb Guideline on „Steel Fiber...
