Special topics – finished projects
View of Dresden testing office (VMA), nowadays Berndt-Bau
Willy Gehler (1876–1953) – edge research, political self-mobilization and historical assessment of an important civil engineer and professor in “the century of extremes” further details
Funding: DFG
Period: 11/2014 – 10/2017 (1st period), 11/2018 – 09/2022 (2nd period)
Cube specimen with test pattern
Precision of non-destructive testing methods (rebound hammer and ultrasonic measurement) further details
Funding: Institute of Concrete Structures, TU Dresden
Period: 05/2021 – 12/2021
Storage of the concrete specimen in the DC field
Influence of electrical, thermal and mechanical loading on reinforced UHPC
further details
Funding: BMWi
Period: 10/2013 – 03/2016
Substructure for aggregate and hydrated cement – ensemble of polygonal particles of different sizes
Simulation of concrete failure with discrete elements more details
Funding: DFG (Zukunftskonzept TU Dresden) | Institut für Massivbau (IMB), TU Dresden
Period: 10/2013 – 2019
3D print of a self-erecting construction for a moon base made of modular elements, photographed during the demo-mission in summer 2017 on Mount Etna
Robotic exploration of extreme environments (ROBEX) further details
Funding: Helmholtz Association
Period: 10/2012 – 12/2017
CLIBOT in the Dresden Zwinger
Development of a climbing robot at linear guidances for building inspection further details
Funding: AiF
Period: 09/2012 – 11/2014
Visualization of the crack pattern with photogrammetry
Criteria for the determination of the ultimate load during a loading test further details
Funding: BBSR/BBR
Period: 10/2009 – 08/2011 (1st period), 12/2011 – 12/2013 (2nd period)
Transfer of knowledge during conferences
TUD exchange platform for CRCs and Clusters of Excellence further details
Funding: Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft
Period: 10/2007 – 10/2009
Aggregates, oriented towards a realistic sieving distribution. Bigger particles are drawn blue, smaller ones gray. Many even much smaller particles are to represent the cementitious matrix, successively.
DEM modeling the fracture behaviour of plain and reinforced concrete further details
Funding: IMB TUD
Period: 09/2008 – 06/2012
Analysis of national parameters for definition in EN 1992-2 regarding the preparation of the National Annex more details
Funding: BASt | British Standards Institute (BSL), London
Period: 03/2005 – 11/2005
Rock covering during installation of CFRP lamellas, © IMB
Experimental verification of the flexural tensile strength of slab covering and determination of a design value considering the partial safety factor concept more details
Client: Straßenbauamt Bautzen
Period: 07/2002 – 08/2003
Deflection and load-bearing behaviour of flat ceiling made of element plates further details
Funding: Industry
Period: 11/2001 – 09/2005
Suitability of industrially manufactured bituminous sheetings as viskous separating layer more details
Funding: DAfStb
Period: 07/1997 – 12/1997
Load bearing capacity of fixings with shear dowels in concrete construction for the transmission of large shear forces more details
Funding: DFG | IMB, TU Dresden
Period: 03/1997 – 03/2005
Stress redistribution at two-span beams consisting of prefabricated parts and in-situ concrete plate further details
Period: 1996 seq.
Investigation of the bituminous sliding and barrier layer covered by concrete more details
Funding: DLR
Period: 08/1994 – 12/1996