The institute offers a broad research spectrum with its two departments "Materials and Construction" and Fastening- and Strengthening Methods"
Department Materials and Construction
Sensors in a structure during concrete production
The research activities of the department cover following topics:
- Innovative Materials
- Concrete mixing technology
- Energy-optimised building constructions
- Energetic retrofitting
Junior Professorship Timber Engineering
Since September 2022, the research spectrum has been supplemented by the newly established junior professorship in timber engineering. It deals with wood-based materials and connections with a special focus on digital manufacturing technologies.
Department Fastening and Strengthening Methods
Servo-hydraulic testing cylinder
Overview of current research activities:
- Load bearing behavior of anchors and adhesive bonding
Investigations on the behavior of various anchor systems in concrete and masonry: cast-in anchors and anchor channels, post-installed anchors as adhesive bonded anchors, expansion anchors undercut anchors - Bond behavior of reinforcement and anchorage
Improvement of testing procedures by development of new methods (beam-end-test) under various applications as static and dynamic loading, environmental influences and special loadings - Strengthening methods for reinforced concrete structures
- Hazard Engineering
- Numerical Simulation of complex processes of concrete and reinforced concrete structures
Contact
Harald Garrecht
Prof. Dr.-Ing.Professor,
Director
Jan Hofmann
Prof. Dr.-Ing.Professor,
Substitute Director