Advances in Construction Materials 2007

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XIV

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2. Brief Review of the Scientific Work of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans W. Reinhardt

   1. Brief Review of the Scientific Work of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans W. Reinhardt

      • Christian U. Grosse

      Pages 1-13

3. Towards a better visibility of outstanding research

   1. Towards a better visibility of outstanding research

      • Michel Brusin, Matthieu Duvivier

      Pages 15-20

4. Aspects of Structural Engineering

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 21-21

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   2. Actual tendencies in structural fastening technology

      • Rolf Eligehausen, Werner Fuchs

      Pages 23-30

   3. Constitutive Laws for Concrete and their Application with Numerical Methods

      • Ulrich Häussler-Combe, Patrick Pröchtel

      Pages 31-38

   4. Innovations in concrete technology: Interaction between research, codes and applications

      • Dick A. Hordijk

      Pages 39-47

   5. Ultra-high performance concrete for the roof of a research hot water storage

      • Achim Lichtenfels

      Pages 49-56

   6. Numerical modelling of cam-pocket coupling systems for concrete lining

      • Peter-Michael Mayer, Ana Libreros-Bertini, Hans M. Hilber

      Pages 57-65

   7. Uncertainty models for safety assessment of textile reinforced concrete structures

      • Bernd Möller, Wolfgang Graf, Andreas Hoffmann, Jan-Uwe Sickert

      Pages 67-74

   8. Structural design of a large foundation slab close to reality, stiffness oriented design method CTD

      • Piotr Noakowski, Holger Leszinski

      Pages 75-82

   9. Steel castings in architecture and engineering

      • Jörg Schlaich, Hans Schober

      Pages 83-108

   10. Load-bearing and deformation behaviour of concrete beams reinforced in combination of both steel bars and bars made of glass fibre reinforced plastic (GFRP)

       • Jürgen Schnell, Matthias Pahn

       Pages 109-116

5. Fiber Composites

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117

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   2. Mechanical and Fracture Mechanical Properties of Fine Grained Concrete for TRC Structures

      • Tanja Brockmann

      Pages 119-129

   3. Enriched finite element representation of 2D multi-cracking and debonding in textile reinforced concrete

      • Rostislav Chudoba, Frank Peiffer, Przemzslaw Zakrzewski, Jacub Jerabek, Josef Hegger

      Pages 131-138

   4. Fracture properties of high-strength hybrid fiber-reinforced concrete

      • Luca Cominoli, Alberto Meda, Giovanni A. Plizzari

      Pages 139-146

   5. Textile Reinforced Concrete — A new Composite Material

      • Josef Hegger, Norbert Will, Karolin Rüberg

      Pages 147-156

   6. Viscoelastic behavior of a strain hardening Ultra High Performance Fiber Reinforced Concrete

      • Aicha Kamen, Emmanuel Denarié, Eugen Brühwiler

      Pages 157-164

   7. Ductility and Fatigue Behaviour of Polymer-Modified and Fibre-Reinforced High-Performance Concrete

      • Ludger Lohaus, Steffen Anders

      Pages 165-172

This book addresses one of the most important material categories: Materials used for constructions. A large percentage of the gross national product of most co- tries goes into infrastructure and buildings. This statement is true not only for the present but for most other periods in history, and for most cultures. This explains why understanding the behavior of construction materials has always been the - ject of intense investigations. The construction industry consumes extreme v- umes of material, and the growing demand for quality and safety require conti- ous improvement of materials and material compositions. A deep understanding of material behavior is essential to enable efficient construction: light-weight or heavily burdened structures ask for the development of innovative composites or new material compositions. Rapid economic growth and a dense and growing population require sensitive and sustainable use of resources. Finally efficient use of resources means extending the usage of existing structures, so non-destructive testing methods are needed to assess the safety and utility of these structures. Civil Engineers and Material Scientists from all over the world are openly d- cussing ideas for new materials, and for structural health monitoring. Over the last decade many innovations have come to fruition, primarily in the field of comp- ites but also for improving the design of existing material. This is especially true for concrete, perhaps the most used material in the world – broadening its range of applications and improving performance.

• Polycarbonat
• Textil
• Transport
• concrete
• development
• environment
• modeling
• polymer
• quality
• reinforced concrete
• science
• technology

• Materialprüfungsanstalt Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

  Christian U. Grosse

PrivDoz Dr.-Ing. Christian U. Große, born 1961, studied Geophysics at the University of Karlsruhe (TH) and earned his Ph.D. in 1996 in Civil Engineering at the University of Stuttgart followed by his Habilitation in 2005 at the same place. He is University lecturer (Privatdozent) at the University of Stuttgart and head of the Department of "Non-destructive testing and monitoring techniques" at the Material Testing Institute MPA, University of Stuttgart. Currently, he has published more than 180 scientific papers at international journals and conferences. His research interest include the application and development of non-destructive testing methods (ultrasound, acoustic emission, impact-echo, vibration and modal analysis, Radar, optical methods) as well as structural health monitoring using wireless sensor networks.

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