Sichtbetonflächen unterliegen hohen Anforderungen an das Erscheinungsbild. So soll die Farbgebung gleichmäßig und die Oberfläche porenarm sein - dabei variieren die Anfor-derungen mit der geforderten Sichtbetonklasse. Dies erfordert ein hohes Maß an Können bei der Herstellung sowie dezidierte Kenntnisse über Leistungsfähigkeit und Wechselwirkungen der eingesetzten Materialien. Die Erfahrungen aus der Praxis zeigen jedoch, dass die gezielte und gleichmäßige Herstellung von Sichtbetonflächen schwierig ist. Ziel dieser ...

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 ...

Every year, earthquakes kill thousends of people and destroy or damage many buildings and structures worldwide. It was observed that the damages induced by earthquakes in developed countries (e.g., Japan and the USA) are less when compared to less developed countries such as Iran, Turkey or Pakistan. Comparing the earthquake damages indicated that even in new and modern buildings, some problems can be seen facing large earthquakes. Every earthquake has proved the vulnerability of many structures to damages. A lot ...