The 4th Dynasty Pyramids are an enduring technological enigma to most scholars. An important reason for this is a lack of necessary background: Most archeologists do not have the knowledge to develop solid technological solutions and most engineers don’t know the techno-archeological evidence, which is mostly unrecorded. Too often, this produced fantasy solutions lacking solid engineering proof of functionality, techno-archeological evidence, or both, with too many of them even accepted in scholarly circles. There ...

Researches show that the energy demand in the world is significantly increasing and climate change becomes a problematic issue, therefore, the interest in renewable energy is growing extremely fast. Offshore wind energy is one of the most effective renewable sources in Europe and other places in the world. One of the most important parts in the offshore foundation is the grouted connection as it is the first element to be designed in the design of the foundation structure of an offshore wind turbine because the ...

Ultrahochfester Beton (UHPC) ist ein sehr gefügedichter zementgebundener Werkstoff, der sich nicht nur durch eine hohe Druckfestigkeit, sondern auch durch einen hohen Widerstand gegen jede Form physikalischen oder chemischen Angriffs auszeichnet. Duktiles Nachbruchverhalten bei Druckversagen wird meist durch die Zugabe dünner kurzer Fasern erreicht. In Kombination mit konventioneller Betonstahl- oder Spannbewehrung ermöglicht UHPC die Ausführung sehr schlanker, weitgespannter Konstruktionen und eröffnet zugleich ...

Seismic Risk, a combination of Hazard, Vulnerability and Loss, is becoming a mainstream topic due to an increase in the losses and damage caused by earthquake related effects worldwide. Therefore, it has become an important aspect for insurer and reinsurers since it is extremely difficult to assess due to the lack of the necessary data compared, for example, to car insurance (chapter 1). As described in chapter 2, where the state of the art of seismic risk assessment and simulation is described alongside a more ...

Hybrid simulation is a technique that combines experimental and numerical testing and has been used for the last decades in the fields of aerospace, civil and mechanical engineering. During this time, most of the research has focused on developing algorithms and the necessary technology, including but not limited to, error minimisation techniques, phase lag compensation and faster hydraulic cylinders. However, one of the main shortcomings in hybrid simulation that has pre- vented its widespread use is the size of the ...

Aufgrund des hohen Anteils instandsetzungsbedürftiger Gebäude in Syrien spielen Verstärkungsmaßnahmen eine große Rolle im Bauingenieurwesen. Dabei wird den wirtschaftlichen Aspekten besondere Bedeutung beigemessen. Maßnahmen der Gebäudeverstärkung beruhen in Syrien fast nur auf dem Verfahren der Verstärkung durch Stahlbauteile. Für die Verstärkung und Sanierung bestehender Bauwerke und Bauteile sind in Deutschland verschiedene Methoden, wie z. B. Anbringen zusätzlicher Stahlprofile, Kleben von Stahl-, CFK- oder ...

Ein großer Teil der Schäden wie auch der Verluste an Gesundheit und Leben im Erdbebenfall hat mit dem frühzeitigen Versagen von Mauerwerksbauten zu tun. Unbewehrtes Mauerwerk, wie es in vielen Ländern üblich ist, weist naturgemäß einen begrenzten Erdbebenwiderstand auf, da Zugspannungen und Zugkräfte nicht wie bei Stahlbeton- oder Stahlbauten aufgenommen werden können. Aus diesem Grund wurde bereits mit verschiedenen Methoden versucht, die Tragfähigkeit von Mauerwerk im Erdbebenfall zu verbessern. Modernes Mauerwerk ...

The manufacture of Portland cement is energy intensive and is associated with carbon dioxide emission of approximately 7% of total global emission. The process also produces pollution in the forms of dust, noise, and vibration with operating machinery during blasting in quarries. Geopolymer material is formed through the reaction of silica and alumina oxides with alkali activator and has appeared as a viable alternative to the Portland cement in the construction field due to good properties such as high compressive, ...

At the Institute of Structural Engineering of the Faculty of Civil Engineering, Kassel University, series tests of slab-column connection were carried out, subjected to concentrated punching load. The effects of steel fiber content, concrete compressive strength, tension reinforcement ratio, size effect, and yield stress of tension reinforcement were studied by testing a total of six UHPC slabs and one normal strength concrete slab. Based on experimental results; all the tested slabs failed in punching shear as a ...

To study the behaviour of beam-to-column composite connection more sophisticated finite element models is required, since component model has some severe limitations. In this research a generic finite element model for composite beam-to-column joint with welded connections is developed using current state of the art local modelling. Applying mechanically consistent scaling method, it can provide the constitutive relationship for a plane rectangular macro element with beam-type boundaries. Then, this defined ...