Methoden zur Analyse des Bruchverhaltens hochfester Stahlfaserbetone

Methods for analyzing the fracture behavior of high‐strength steel fiber‐reinforced concretes High‐strength and ultra‐high strength fiber‐reinforced concretes are most suitable for applications with extreme mechanical loads. These extreme conditions require a ductile behavior under tensile loading, which is obtained solely by the addition of steel fibers and their working mechanism. Profound know ledge on the working mechanism of the steel fibers is necessary for optimizing this material. Usually, this knowledge is obtained by means of classical measuring techniques of destructive tests. Adopting measuring techniques from non‐destructive material testing helps to analyze and to identify the different stages of the fracture mechanism of high‐strength and ultra‐high strength fiber‐reinforced concretes in detail. The application of different non‐destructive measuring techniques is shown exemplary on tensile tests conducted on an ultra‐high strength fiber‐reinforced concrete and its applicability for analyzing the fracture behavior is discussed. The main focus is on the characterization of the relevant failure modes under tensile loading by the different measuring techniques and the comparison with classical measuring techniques (e. g. extensometer). The tensile tests have been analyzed by optical deformation measurements using digital image correlation (DIC), acoustic emission analysis (AE), and 3D computed tomography (CT).     

Einheit von Wissenschaft und Kunst im Brückenbau: Hellmut Homberg (1909–1990) – Sein Beitrag zur Theorie des Brückenbaus (Teil II)

Aus dem baustatischen Œuvre Homberg s ragt sein Beitrag zur Theorie hochgradig statisch unbestimmter Trägerroste hervor, der im Folgenden im Zusammenhang mit der Entwicklung im Brückenbau und der Baustatik von den 1930‐er bis in die 1960‐er Jahre herausgearbeitet wird. Harmony between science and art in bridge‐building: Hellmut Homberg (1909–1990) – his contribution to the theory of bridges (part II). The one theory of Hellmut Homberg that stands out from the rest of his contributions to the theory of structures is that concerning grillages with a high degree of static indeterminacy. This is described below in conjunction with the development of bridge‐building and theory of structures from the 1930s to the 1960s.