Course Contents
The content of the lecture are special concretes with properties such as ultra-high strength concrete, fibre concrete, self-compacting concrete, foam and lightweight concrete, underwater concrete as well as mass and architectural concrete. These materials are presented with respect to their basic ingredients, mix designs, fresh and hardened concrete properties and their application possibilities. In addition, the lectures contain exercises and laboratory work. In the exercises, mix designs for selected special concretes will be developed and the concretes will be mixed by the students themselves, as part of the laboratory work.
As part of the study exercise, students will work on a project. First they will present their designs for a predefined concrete object in small groups. Then the selected designs are further developed and, finally, produced by the students themselves. At the end of the semester, a report on the project work has to be submitted and the course concludes with an excursion.
Literature
Literature will be announced at the beginning of the course.
Preconditions
Recommended: Werkstoffe im Bauwesen (13-02-M001/8) (or comparable basic module on concrete)
Further Grading Information
After the students have successfully completed the module, they can:
- identify special concretes and assess them in terms of their applicability.
- make appropriate material recommendations for concrete applications with regard to their
properties in the fresh and hardened state.
- describe and evaluate the concrete's properties using standard tests for fresh and hardened
concrete.
Online Offerings
Moodle
The content of the lecture are special concretes with properties such as ultra-high strength concrete, fibre concrete, self-compacting concrete, foam and lightweight concrete, underwater concrete as well as mass and architectural concrete. These materials are presented with respect to their basic ingredients, mix designs, fresh and hardened concrete properties and their application possibilities. In addition, the lectures contain exercises and laboratory work. In the exercises, mix designs for selected special concretes will be developed and the concretes will be mixed by the students themselves, as part of the laboratory work.
As part of the study exercise, students will work on a project. First they will present their designs for a predefined concrete object in small groups. Then the selected designs are further developed and, finally, produced by the students themselves. At the end of the semester, a report on the project work has to be submitted and the course concludes with an excursion.
Literature
Literature will be announced at the beginning of the course.
Preconditions
Recommended: Werkstoffe im Bauwesen (13-02-M001/8) (or comparable basic module on concrete)
Further Grading Information
After the students have successfully completed the module, they can:
- identify special concretes and assess them in terms of their applicability.
- make appropriate material recommendations for concrete applications with regard to their
properties in the fresh and hardened state.
- describe and evaluate the concrete's properties using standard tests for fresh and hardened
concrete.
Online Offerings
Moodle
- Lehrende: Felix Berger
- Lehrende: Donglin Cao
- Lehrende: Eduardus Koenders
Semester: ST 2023