Current Projects

Carbon concrete

Bond, deformation, and crack formation in carbon reinforced concrete (CRC) construction – models and design concepts for transfer into construction practice (CRC-BoDeM)
Modular constructions for structural engineering applications

Composite construction

3D printing of reinforced concrete - Development of practice-oriented methods for 3D printing of the composite material reinforced concrete
Consistent design model for production-optimized composite dowels - Fundamentals for DASt guidelines and transfer in Eurocode 4
Development of a design methodology for the planar constructions made of cement-based composites
Fatigue behaviour of composite dowels

Construction

Investigation of the load-bearing behavior of composite joints in cross-section supplements for concrete structures

Fatigue

EnFatiCon - Energy dissipation-based approach to stochastic fatigue of concrete considering interacting time and temperature effects
Fatigue behaviour of composite dowels
Measurement-based condition assessment of prestressed concrete bridges with low shear reinforcement ratios under fatigue loading for service life prediction on a digital twin

Minimum reinforcement

Punching

Punching shear behavior of continuous flat slabs – Consideration of moment redistribution and compressive membrane action (CMA)

Shear

Shear in Reinforced Concrete Slabs under Loading and Support Conditions Relevant in Building Practice
Systematic study on the shear behavior of reinforced concrete members with regard to the transition of members without and with shear reinforcement

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