Bauingenieur

In the case of openings and notches in glulam beams, unplanned moisture can reduce the relevant transverse tensile strength. Such effects in the case of humidification and subsequent dehumidification, including improvement of the transverse tensile...

This paper presents an intensive study of the seismic vulnerability of historic brick masonry buildings. An extensive investigation of the seismic structural behavior, the underlying failure or collapse mechanisms of individual structural components...

Due to their anisotropy, prestressing strands made of CFRP are extremely sensitive to loads transverse to fibre-direction, which occur particularly in a curved tendon. To determine the lateral pressure on the strands, a cable factor has to be...

For stability calculations of slopes, the method according to Nilmar Janbu with its polygonal sliding planes has the advantage that even non-trivial sliding planes geometries can be approximated sufficiently well and with relatively little effort....

For an economic design against stability failure of double-T pile of combined sheet pile walls, it is necessary to consider the resistance of the soil to twisting or buckling. Results from in situ tests are already presented in Part I of this...

The canal bank in the area Hochbrücke Levensau near Kiel is ‘the’ narrow point of the Kiel Canal. Due to the needed canal expansion and material regarding welding iron fatigue, the new construction of the present truss bridge with a span of...

Fire loading of unprotected elastomeric bridge bearings causes thermal degradation of the elastomeric material and, consequently, affects the mechanical behavior of the whole bearing. The decrease of the effective bearing stiffness leads to...

This paper deals with unique replacement of three historical bridge spans across the Hracholusky dam in Czech Republic. The bridge erection was done using a longitudinal lauching of the new bridge structure to the old one, their connection and...

Data sharing within the construction process in a Common Data Environment (CDE) has been treated by DIN EN ISO 19650. While the norm mainly deals with the process management within a CDE, it does not cover any legal requirements due to the...

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...

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...

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,...

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...