- Statistics
Experimental planning with DoE
- Ultrasonic
For determining the solidification behavior of concrete, mortar or cement paste
- UHPC
Development of ultra high strength concrete
- UHPC Usage
Table leg construction made of UHPC elements
Material Development and Optimization
Through the targeted selection and analysis of the raw materials, the recyclable properties are precisely targeted and proven.
Selected Methods
- Optimization of the packing density
- Methods of statistical experimental design and evaluation (DoE – Design of Experiments) with the aid of numerical optimization
- Robustness analysis
Design and optimization of building materials
- Ultra-high performance concrete (e. g. plant-specific UHPC optimization)
- Self-compacting concrete (SCC)
- Architectual, textile, fibre and heavy concrete
- Porous lightweight concrete (e. g. acoustic concrete)
- Lightweight concrete (e. g. structural load-bearing concrete with heat-insulating function)
- Recycled concrete (concrete with proportions of recycled aggregates)
- Cementitious, mineral foams
- Soil-cement mortar
- Two-step mixed concrete
- Mortar with special properties (injection mortar, restoration mortars, mortar for geothermal applications)
- Phosphate-bonded mortar and concrete
- Polymer concrete
- Autoclaved building materials (calcium-silicate brick, autoclaved aerated concrete)
Blend development of earth- and claybased products
- Earthen materials and products
- Earth blocks (DIN 18945)
- Earth masonry mortar (DIN 18946)
- Earth plasters (DIN 18947)
- Earthen boards (DIN 18948) - Heavy Clay and fine Ceramics
- Geopolymere
- optimization of ceramic blends and bodies:
- suitable primary and secondary raw matierials as well as material substitutions
- special product properties e.g. sound insulation, acoustic, thermal conductivity, strength - recource efficiency through new manufacturing technologies
- shaping
- fiering prozess with different kiln atmosphere
- calcination of clayey raw materials