Volume 98 (2023), Edition 01-02

The free online platform EvaDAT puts the guideline „VDI 6201 Software-based structural analysis“ into practice by providing a digital and generally available database for evaluation examples. Thus, it contributes to quality assurance and...

The invention of glued laminated timber members by Otto Hetzer can be considered as the birth of timber engineering. The production of boards that were assembled and bonded with glue enabled the production of wide spanning wooden structures with up...

In the current scientific literature, microbially induced calcite precipitation (MICP) is considered as an environmentally friendly alternative to reduce the permeability and improve the mechanical properties of the soil. In this study a modelling...

This paper presents a strategy for estimating the reliability level of historic brick masonry buildings in the load case earthquake. The post-design strategy enables a standard-compliant and uncomplicated estimation of the shear capacity, the...

A pivotal element in working with Building Information Modeling (BIM) are standardized exchange formats that enable an exchange of information from digital building models between different software tools and project participants. In this context,...

Nowadays, the required safety of structures is achieved through computational verifications and qualitative requirements for the building materials and the construction processes. Both the computational verifications and the qualitative requirements...