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Renewable energy use is on the rise and these alternative resources of energy can help combat with the climate change. Around 80% of the world's electricity comes from coal and petroleum however, the renewables are the fastest growing source of energy in the world. Solar, wind, hydro, geothermal and biogas are the most common forms of renewable energy. Among them, wind energy is emerging as a reliable and large-scaled source of power production. The recent research and confidence in the performance has led to the construction of more and bigger wind turbines around the world. As wind turbines are getting bigger, a concern regarding their safety is also in discussion. Wind turbines are expensive machinery to construct and the enormous capital investment is one of the main reasons, why many countries are unable to adopt to the wind energy. Generally, a reliable wind turbine will result in better performance and assist in minimizing the cost of operation. If a wind turbine fails, it's a loss of investment and can be harmful for the surrounding habitat. This thesis aims towards estimating the reliability of an offshore wind turbine. A model of Jacket type offshore wind turbine is prepared by using finite element software package ABAQUS and is compared with the structural failure criteria of the wind turbine tower. UQLab, which is a general uncertainty quantification framework developed at ETH Zürich, is used for the reliability analysis. Several probabilistic methods are included in the framework of UQLab, which include Monte Carlo, First Order Reliability Analysis and Adaptive Kriging Monte Carlo simulation. This reliability study is performed only for the structural failure of the wind turbine but it can be extended to many other forms of failures e.g. reliability for power production, or reliability for different component failures etc. It's a useful tool that can be utilized to estimate the reliability of future wind turbines, that could result in more safer and better performance of wind turbines.
In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird das Tragverhalten und das Sicherheitsniveau axial belasteter Großbohrpfähle in den pleistozänen Kalkarenit der Küstenregion von Dubai untersucht. Zunächst wird auf der Grundlage von Ergebnissen umfangreicher Baugrundanalysen und Probebelastungen das Tragverhalten detailliert beschrieben. Anschließend wird ein auf der Finiten-Elemente-Methode basierendes Strukturmodell zur Simulation des Last-Setzungsverhaltens von Großbohrpfählen im Sinne eines numerischen Versuchsstandes entwickelt. Um herstellungsbedingte Veränderungen der Baugrundeigenschaften in der Kontaktzone Pfahl-Baugrund zu berücksichtigen, die mit boden- und felsmechanischen Elementversuchen gewöhnlich nicht erfassbar sind, werden die Größen der relevanten konstitutiven Parameterwerte iterativ mittels inverser Optimierungsstrategien bestimmt. Abschließend wird eine methodische Vorgehensweise aufgezeigt, wie das Sicherheitsniveau axial belasteter Großbohrpfählen unter Berücksichtigung der räumlichen Variabilität der Baugrundeigenschaften zuverlässig abgeschätzt werden kann.
The report is part of the research project 'TAILSAFE'. The project is supported by the european union. Basics of design and investigation procedures are presented within the report. Furthermore possible applications of design and investigation procedures are evaluated concerning to a smooth work during all using phases of a tailings facility, that is the planning and execution. Finally recomendations are given to optimise the handling with significant standards.
Die Qualität von Beplankungselementen wirkt sich deutlich auf den Feuerwiderstand von Metallständer-Wandkonstruktionen aus. Daher wurde im Rahmen dieser Arbeit der Einfluss von Zusätzen in Gipsplatten bezüglich einer möglichen Verbesserung dieser Eigenschaft untersucht.
Zu diesem Zweck wurden spezielle, den jeweiligen Untersuchungsbedingungen angepasste Probekörper unter Verwendung verschiedenster Zusätze gefertigt. Die Beurteilung deren Auswirkungen erfolgte insbesondere mittels nachfolgender fünf Kriterien:
1) dem Zeitpunkt der Temperaturerhöhung nach der Probekörperentwässerung,
2) dem Maximalwert der Plattenrückseitentemperatur,
3) der Größe und der Anzahl der Risse,
4) der Plattenstabilität nach der Wärmebeanspruchung,
5) der Verkürzung von prismatischen Probekörpern.
Besonders wichtig war hierbei die Charakterisierung der Auswirkungen einer simulierten Brandbeanspruchung von 970 °C über 90 Minuten auf Labor-Gipsplatten. Dabei wurde die Temperaturänderung auf der Plattenrückseite über den gesamten Prüfzeitraum kontinuierlich erfasst. Die Bewertung des Zusammenhalts der Platten nach der thermischen Beanspruchung erfolgte erstmals quantitativ über Anzahl und Größe der an den Proben entstandenen Risse. Ursächlich für die Rissbildung ist die Verringerung des Probekörpervolumens infolge des ausgetriebenen Kristallwassers. Da dieser Parameter im Plattenversuch nicht bestimmt werden kann, wurde ergänzend das Längenänderungsverhalten von Prismen im Ergebnis einer 90minütigen Temperung bei 1000 °C im Muffelofen ermittelt.
Besonders vorteilhaft hat sich die Zugabe von 80 g/m2 Glasfasern und 7,75 % Kalksteinmehl auf das Verhalten von Gipsplatten bei Brandbeanspruchung ausgewirkt. Diese Verbesserung ist insbesondere auf höhere Stabilität und geringere Schrumpfung der Gipsplatte zurückzuführen.
Basierend auf den im Labormaßstab erhaltenen Ergebnissen wurden Rezepturvorschläge zur Verbesserung des Feuerwiderstandsverhaltens von Gipsplatten unter Praxisbedingungen entwickelt. Die Herstellung der erforderlichen großformatigen Platten erfolgte auf der Bandstraße der Knauf Gips KG. Diese Platten wurden als Wandkonstruktion mit zweilagiger Beplankung einer großtechnischen Prüfung erfolgreich unterzogen. Eine geringere Durchbiegung der Wandkonstruktion, eine verminderte Volumenreduzierung der Platten sowie eine erhöhte Plattenstabilität belegen die verbesserten Eigenschaften dieser modifizierten Feuerschutzplatte.
Weitere durchgeführte Untersuchungen ergaben, dass es unerheblich ist, ob die Platten auf Basis von Natur- oder REA-Gips bzw. mit hohem oder niedrigem Flächengewicht gefertigt wurden. Das eindeutig beste Ergebnis mit einer Feuerwiderstandsdauer von 118 Minuten hat eine Wandkonstruktion aus Feuerschutzplatten auf Basis eines Stuckgipses aus 100 % REA-Gips mit einem Anteil von 83,9 g/m2 Glasfasern und 1 % Vermiculit und einem Flächengewicht von 10,77 kg/m2, bei einer Plattenstärke von 12,5 mm.
Die als Ziel vorgebende Feuerwiderstandsdauer von 120 Minuten bei zweilagiger Beplankung ohne Dämmstoff könnte künftig erreicht werden, wenn es gelingt, die Volumenreduzierung noch besser zu kompensieren und die Plattenstabilität zu steigern. Eine Möglichkeit hierzu ist die Substitution der beidseitigen Kartonlagen durch eine Glasfaser-Vliesummantelung. Die Wandkonstruktion W112 ohne Dämmstoff erreicht dabei eine Feuerwiderstandsdauer von weit über 120 Minuten, wobei der Gipskern mit Glasfasern armiert ist.
Viele Baudenkmale sind dem Konflikt aus baulichem Instandsetzungsbedarf für eine zeitgemäße Nutzung und einer sich möglicherweise daraus ergebenden Gefährdung der Denkmalsubstanz ausgesetzt. Gründe sind steigende Energiekosten für den Gebäudebetrieb, zeitgemäße Anforderungen an Behaglichkeit und Arbeitsschutz, sowie die Vermeidung von Schäden an der Substanz aufgrund baulicher Mängel des konstruktiven Wärme- und Feuchteschutzes. Gleichzeitig gilt für viele Bauten aber auch die Notwendigkeit regelmäßiger Nutzung und Bewirtschaftung, um den Erhalt überhaupt zu sichern. Die energetische Ertüchtigung von Baudenkmalen scheitert in diesem Spannungsfeld oft am unlösbaren Konflikt zwischen dem Erhalt der bauzeitlichen Substanz auf der einen und der notwendigen energetischen Optimierung der Gebäudehülle auf der anderen Seite. Zielsetzung dieser Fallstudie ist die beispielhafte Entwicklung einer bauklimatischen und denkmalgerechten Ertüchtigungsstrategie am Beispiel eines Verwaltungsgebäudes der Nachkriegsmoderne als Beitrag zur Lösung dieses Konfliktes.
This paper presents the development of an assessment scheme for a visual qualitative evaluation of nailed connections in existing structures, such as board trusses. In terms of further use and preservation, a quick visual inspection will help to evaluate the quality of a structure regarding its load-bearing capacity and deformation behaviour. Tests of old and new nailed joints in combination with a rating scheme point out the correlation between the load-bearing capacity and condition of a joint. Old joints of comparatively good condition tend to exhibit better results than those of poor condition. Moreover, aged joints are generally more load-bearing than newly assembled ones.
Occupant needs with regard to residential buildings are not well known due to a lack of representative scientific studies. To improve the lack of data, a large scale study was carried out using a Post Occupancy Evaluation of 1,416 building occupants. Several criteria describing the needs of occupants were evaluated with regard to their subjective level of relevance. Additionally, we investigated the degree to which deficiencies subjectively exist, and the degree to which occupants were able to accept them. From the data obtained, a hierarchy of criteria was created. It was found that building occupants ranked the physiological needs of air quality and thermal comfort the highest. Health hazards such as mould and contaminated building materials were unacceptable for occupants, while other deficiencies were more likely to be tolerated. Occupant satisfaction was also investigated. We found that most occupants can be classified as satisfied, although some differences do exist between different populations. To explain the relationship between the constructs of what we call relevance, acceptance, deficiency and satisfaction, we then created an explanatory model. Using correlation and regression analysis, the validity of the model was then confirmed by applying the collected data. The results of the study are both relevant in shaping further research and in providing guidance on how to maximize tenant satisfaction in real estate management.
Nanostructured materials are extensively applied in many fields of material science for new industrial applications, particularly in the automotive, aerospace industry due to their exceptional physical and mechanical properties. Experimental testing of nanomaterials is expensive, timeconsuming,challenging and sometimes unfeasible. Therefore,computational simulations have been employed as alternative method to predict macroscopic material properties. The behavior of polymeric nanocomposites (PNCs) are highly complex.
The origins of macroscopic material properties reside in the properties and interactions taking place on finer scales. It is therefore essential to use multiscale modeling strategy to properly account for all large length and time scales associated with these material systems, which across many orders of magnitude. Numerous multiscale models of PNCs have been established, however, most of them connect only two scales. There are a few multiscale models for PNCs bridging four length scales (nano-, micro-, meso- and macro-scales). In addition, nanomaterials are stochastic in nature and the prediction of macroscopic mechanical properties are influenced by many factors such as fine-scale features. The predicted mechanical properties obtained by traditional approaches significantly deviate from the measured values in experiments due to neglecting uncertainty of material features. This discrepancy is indicated that the effective macroscopic properties of materials are highly sensitive to various sources of uncertainty, such as loading and boundary conditions and material characteristics, etc., while very few stochastic multiscale models for PNCs have been developed. Therefore, it is essential to construct PNC models within the framework of stochastic modeling and quantify the stochastic effect of the input parameters on the macroscopic mechanical properties of those materials.
This study aims to develop computational models at four length scales (nano-, micro-, meso- and macro-scales) and hierarchical upscaling approaches bridging length scales from nano- to macro-scales. A framework for uncertainty quantification (UQ) applied to predict the mechanical properties
of the PNCs in dependence of material features at different scales is studied. Sensitivity and uncertainty analysis are of great helps in quantifying the effect of input parameters, considering both main and interaction effects, on the mechanical properties of the PNCs. To achieve this major
goal, the following tasks are carried out:
At nano-scale, molecular dynamics (MD) were used to investigate deformation mechanism of glassy amorphous polyethylene (PE) in dependence of temperature and strain rate. Steered molecular dynamics (SMD)were also employed to investigate interfacial characteristic of the PNCs.
At mico-scale, we developed an atomistic-based continuum model represented by a representative volume element (RVE) in which the SWNT’s properties and the SWNT/polymer interphase are modeled at nano-scale, the surrounding polymer matrix is modeled by solid elements. Then, a two-parameter model was employed at meso-scale. A hierarchical multiscale approach has been developed to obtain the structure-property relations at one length scale and transfer the effect to the higher length
scales. In particular, we homogenized the RVE into an equivalent fiber.
The equivalent fiber was then employed in a micromechanical analysis (i.e. Mori-Tanaka model) to predict the effective macroscopic properties of the PNC. Furthermore, an averaging homogenization process was also used to obtain the effective stiffness of the PCN at meso-scale.
Stochastic modeling and uncertainty quantification consist of the following ingredients:
- Simple random sampling, Latin hypercube sampling, Sobol’ quasirandom sequences, Iman and Conover’s method (inducing correlation in Latin hypercube sampling) are employed to generate independent and dependent sample data, respectively.
- Surrogate models, such as polynomial regression, moving least squares (MLS), hybrid method combining polynomial regression and MLS, Kriging regression, and penalized spline regression, are employed as an approximation of a mechanical model. The advantage of the surrogate models is the high computational efficiency and robust as they can be constructed from a limited amount of available data.
- Global sensitivity analysis (SA) methods, such as variance-based methods for models with independent and dependent input parameters, Fourier-based techniques for performing variance-based methods and partial derivatives, elementary effects in the context of local SA, are used to quantify the effects of input parameters and their interactions on the mechanical properties of the PNCs. A bootstrap technique is used to assess the robustness of the global SA methods with respect to their performance.
In addition, the probability distribution of mechanical properties are determined by using the probability plot method. The upper and lower bounds of the predicted Young’s modulus according to 95 % prediction intervals were provided.
The above-mentioned methods study on the behaviour of intact materials. Novel numerical methods such as a node-based smoothed extended finite element method (NS-XFEM) and an edge-based smoothed phantom node method (ES-Phantom node) were developed for fracture problems. These methods can be used to account for crack at macro-scale for future works. The predicted mechanical properties were validated and verified. They show good agreement with previous experimental and simulations results.
Tropical coral reefs, one of the world’s oldest ecosystems which support some of the highest levels of biodiversity on the planet, are currently facing an unprecedented ecological crisis during this massive human-activity-induced period of extinction. Hence, tropical reefs symbolically stand for the destructive effects of human activities on nature [4], [5]. Artificial reefs are excellent examples of how architectural design can be combined with ecosystem regeneration [6], [7], [8]. However, to work at the interface between the artificial and the complex and temporal nature of natural systems presents a challenge, i.a. in respect to the B-rep modelling legacy of computational modelling.
The presented doctorate investigates strategies on how to apply digital practice to realise what is an essential bulwark to retain reefs in impossibly challenging times. Beyond the main question of integrating computational modelling and high precision monitoring strategies in artificial coral reef design, this doctorate explores techniques, methods, and linking frameworks to support future research and practice in ecology led design contexts.
Considering the many existing approaches for artificial coral reefs design, one finds they often fall short in precisely understanding the relationships between architectural and ecological aspects (e.g. how a surface design and material composition can foster coral larvae settlement, or structural three-dimensionality enhance biodiversity) and lack an integrated underwater (UW) monitoring process. Such a process is necessary in order to gather knowledge about the ecosystem and make it available for design, and to learn whether artificial structures contribute to reef regeneration or rather harm the coral reef ecosystem.
For the research, empirical experimental methods were applied: Algorithmic coral reef design, high precision UW monitoring, computational modelling and simulation, and validated through parallel real-world physical experimentation – two Artificial Reef Prototypes (ARPs) in Gili Trawangan, Indonesia (2012–today). Multiple discrete methods and sub techniques were developed in seventeen computational experiments and applied in a way in which many are cross valid and integrated in an overall framework that is offered as a significant contribution to the field. Other main contributions include the Ecosystem-aware design approach, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for coral reef design, algorithmic design and fabrication of Biorock cathodes, new high precision UW monitoring strategies, long-term real-world constructed experiments, new digital analysis methods and two new front-end web-based tools for reef design and monitoring reefs. The methodological framework is a finding of the research that has many technical components that were tested and combined in this way for the very first time.
In summary, the thesis responds to the urgency and relevance in preserving marine species in tropical reefs during this massive extinction period by offering a differentiated approach towards artificial coral reefs – demonstrating the feasibility of digitally designing such ‘living architecture’ according to multiple context and performance parameters. It also provides an in-depth critical discussion of computational design and architecture in the context of ecosystem regeneration and Planetary Thinking. In that respect, the thesis functions as both theoretical and practical background for computational design, ecology and marine conservation – not only to foster the design of artificial coral reefs technically but also to provide essential criteria and techniques for conceiving them.
Keywords: Artificial coral reefs, computational modelling, high precision underwater monitoring, ecology in design.
Nutzerorientierte Bausanierung bedeutet eine gegenüber dem konventionellen Vorgehen deutlich verstärkte Ausrichtung des Planungs- und Sanierungsprozesses auf die Anforderungen und Bedürfnisse des zukünftigen Nutzers eines Gebäudes. Dies hat einerseits ein hochwertigeres Produkt zum Ergebnis, erfordert andererseits aber auch den Einsatz neuer Methoden und Baustoffe sowie ein vernetztes Zusammenarbeiten aller am Bauprozess Beteiligten. Der Fokus der Publikation liegt dabei auf den Bereichen, die eine hohe Relevanz für die nutzerorientierte Bausanierung aufweisen. Dabei handelt es sich insbesondere um: Computergestütztes Bauaufmaß und digitale Bauwerksmodellierung (BIM), bauphysikalische Methoden zur Optimierung von Energieeffizienz und Behaglichkeit bei der Sanierung von Bestandsgebäuden, zerstörungsfreie Untersuchungsmethoden im Rahmen einer substanzschonenden Bauzustandsanalyse und Entwicklung von Ergänzungsbaustoffen.
Das Projekt nuBau ist eine Kooperation zwischen den Fakultäten Bauingenieurwesen und Architektur der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. Die beteiligten Professuren sind: Bauphysik, Informatik in der Architektur, Polymere Werkstoffe und Werkstoffe des Bauens.
The focus of the thesis is to process measurements acquired from a continuous
monitoring system at a railway bridge. Temperature, strain and ambient vibration
records are analysed and two main directions of investigation are pursued.
The first and the most demanding task is to develop processing routines able to extract modal parameters from ambient vibration measurements. For this purpose, reliable experimental models are achieved on the basis of a stochastic system identification(SSI) procedure. A fully automated algorithm based on a three-stage clustering is implemented to perform a modal parameter estimation for every single measurement. After selecting a baseline of modal parameters, the evolution of eigenfrequencies is
studied and correlated to environmental and operational factors.
The second aspect deals with the structural response to passing trains. Corresponding
triggered records of strain and temperature are processed and their assessment is
accomplished using the average strains induced by each train as the reference parameter.
Three influences due to speed, temperature and loads are distinguished and treated individually. An attempt to estimate the maximum response variation due to each factor is also carried out.
In this paper we introduce LUCI, a Lightweight Urban Calculation Interchange system, designed to bring the advantages of a calculation and content co-ordination system to small planning and design groups by the means of an open source middle-ware. The middle-ware focuses on problems typical to urban planning and therefore features a geo-data repository as well as a job runtime administration, to coordinate simulation models and its multiple views. The described system architecture is accompanied by two exemplary use cases that have been used to test and further develop our concepts and implementations.
Data acquisition systems and methods to capture high-resolution images or reconstruct 3D point clouds of existing structures are an effective way to document their as-is condition. These methods enable a detailed analysis of building surfaces, providing precise 3D representations. However, for the condition assessment and documentation, damages are mainly annotated in 2D representations, such as images, orthophotos, or technical drawings, which do not allow for the application of a 3D workflow or automated comparisons of multitemporal datasets. In the available software for building heritage data management and analysis, a wide range of annotation and evaluation functions are available, but they also lack integrated post-processing methods and systematic workflows. The article presents novel methods developed to facilitate such automated 3D workflows and validates them on a small historic church building in Thuringia, Germany. Post-processing steps using photogrammetric 3D reconstruction data along with imagery were implemented, which show the possibilities of integrating 2D annotations into 3D documentations. Further, the application of voxel-based methods on the dataset enables the evaluation of geometrical changes of multitemporal annotations in different states and the assignment to elements of scans or building models. The proposed workflow also highlights the potential of these methods for condition assessment and planning of restoration work, as well as the possibility to represent the analysis results in standardised building model formats.
The world society faces a huge challenge to implement the human right of “access to sanitation”. More and more it is accepted that the conventional approach towards providing sanitation services is not suitable to solve this problem. This dissertation examines the possibility to enhance “access to sanitation” for people who are living in areas with underdeveloped water and wastewater infrastructure systems. The idea hereby is to follow an integrated approach for sanitation, which allows for a mutual completion of existing infrastructure with resource-based sanitation systems.
The notion “integrated sanitation system (iSaS)” is defined in this work and guiding principles for iSaS are formulated. Further on the implementation of iSaS is assessed at the example of a case study in the city of Darkhan in Mongolia. More than half of Mongolia’s population live in settlements where yurts (tents of Nomadic people) are predominant. In these settlements (or “ger areas”) sanitation systems are not existent and the hygienic situation is precarious.
An iSaS has been developed for the ger areas in Darkhan and tested over more than two years. Further on a software-based model has been developed with the goal to describe and assess different variations of the iSaS. The results of the assessment of material-flows, monetary-flows and communication-flows within the iSaS are presented in this dissertation. The iSaS model is adaptable and transferable to the socio-economic conditions in other regions and climate zones.
The development of a hydro-mechanically coupled Coupled-Eulerian–Lagrangian (CEL) method and its application to the back-analysisof vibratory pile driving model tests in water-saturated sand is presented. The predicted pile penetration using this approachis in good agreement with the results of the model tests as well as with fully Lagrangian simulations. In terms of pore water pressure, however, the results of the CEL simulation show a slightly worse accordance with the model tests compared to the Lagrangian simulation. Some shortcomings of the hydro-mechanically coupled CEL method in case of frictional contact problems and pore fluids with high bulk modulus are discussed. Lastly, the CEL method is applied to the simulation of vibratory driving of open-profile piles under partially drained conditions to study installation-induced changes in the soil state. It is concluded that the proposed method is capable of realistically reproducing the most important mechanisms in the soil during the driving process despite its addressed shortcomings.
Die Arbeit leistet einen wissenschaftlichen Beitrag zur Erforschung der Einsatzmöglichkeiten eines Immobilienportfoliomanagements für öffentliche museale Schlösserverwaltungen in Deutschland. Insbesondere wird ein für deren Organisation spezifisches Modell zur Investitionssteuerung herausgearbeitet und dessen Anwendbarkeit in der Praxis mit Experten diskutiert.
Der Einsatz ungeeigneter Materialien ist eine der häufigsten Ursachen für Bauwerksschäden. Da die Beseitigung dieser Schäden oft mit hohen Kosten verbunden ist, besteht in der Baupraxis der Bedarf an einer Identifizierungsmethode für eingesetzte Baustoffe. Daneben wäre eine Kenntnis der in einem Bauwerk vorliegenden Materialien auch für Instandhaltungsarbeiten hilfreich.
Die Identifizierung der in einem Festbeton oder Festmörtel vorliegenden Zementart gilt auch gegenwärtig noch als schwierig oder sogar unmöglich. Die Schwierigkeiten ergeben sich in erste Linie daraus, dass die Hydratationsprodukte verschiedener Zementarten oft nur geringe Unterschiede in ihrer chemischen und mineralogischen Zusammensetzung aufweisen und die Hydratationsmechanismen bei einigen Zementarten noch nicht vollständig erforscht sind.
Primäres Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit war es zu untersuchen, ob anhand des Mineralphasenbestandes, der sich während einer thermischen Behandlung von Zementsteinen einstellt, eine Identifizierung der vorliegenden Zementart möglich ist. Weiterhin sollte die Übertragbarkeit dieser Ergebnisse auf Betone und Mörtel eingeschätzt werden.
Zur Schaffung von Identifizierungsmerkmalen wurden die (angereicherten) Zementsteine bei Temperaturen im Bereich zwischen 600 °C und 1400 °C thermisch behandelt. An den getemperten Proben wurde der Mineralphasenbestand mittels Röntgendiffraktometrie bestimmt. Mit der gleichen Methode wurden die Ausgangszemente und die (angereicherten) Zementsteine untersucht. Aus der Gegenüberstellung der nachgewiesenen Mineralphasen konnten die gesuchten Identifizierungsmerkmale abgeleitet werden. Um den Einfluss der Gesteinskörnungen auf die Identifizierungsmöglichkeiten gesondert zu erfassen, wurde das Versuchsprogramm auf 3 Abstraktionsebenen angelegt. Für die Auswertung der Ergebnisse wurden die Proben zu Klassen zusammengefasst, welche jeweils charakteristische Zusammensetzungen der Ausgangszemente repräsentieren. Für die Analyseergebnisse wurden die klassenspezifischen die Mittel- und Grenzwerte bestimmt.
Als die effektivste Methode zur Anreicherung der Zementsteinmatrix aus Mörtel- und Betonproben erwies sich die Kombination aus einer Zerkleinerung in einem Laborbackenbrecher. Die fein partikulären Fraktionen, welche Zementsteingehalte von 70-80 Ma.-% aufwiesen, wurden als Analyseproben verwendet. Es zeigte sich aber auch, dass das Anreicherungsergebnis von der Gesteinskörnungsart abhängt. Bei Laborbetonen mit einer Kalkstein-Gesteinskörnung wurde mit der gleichen Methode lediglich eine Anreicherung des Zementsteins auf etwa 50 Ma.-% erreicht.
Die Untersuchungen auf Abstraktionsebene 1 lieferten die Erkenntnis, dass der Hydratationsprozess der Klinkerphasen, der Klinkerphasengemische sowie des Hüttensandes, auch in Gegenwart des Sulfatträgers für Behandlungstemperaturen im Bereich des Klinkerbrandes vollständig reversibel ist. Im Hinblick auf die Identifizierungsmöglichkeiten wurde 1100 °C als optimale Behandlungstemperatur ermittelt, da hier eine Schmelzphasenbildung ausgeschlossen werden kann.
Durch eine Gegenüberstellung der chemischen Zusammensetzung der Ausgangszemente und des Phasenbestandes nach der Temperung konnte nachgewiesen werden, dass bei reinen Zementsteinen grundsätzlich alle Bestandteile an der Reaktion, die während der thermischen Behandlung bei 1100 °C stattfindet, beteiligt sind. Der sich einstellende Phasen bestand ist nur von der chemischen Zusammensetzung der Probe und dabei besonders von derem CaO-Gehalt abhängig. Empirisch wurde eine Prioritätenfolge für die Phasenbildung ermittelt. Daraus geht hervor, dass bevorzugt CaO-reiche Phasen, wie Aluminatferritphase, Belit und Ye‘elimit entstehen und dass überschüssiger Kalk als freies CaO vorliegt. Nur wenn der CaO-Gehalt der Probe nicht für die vollständige Bildung der – in der Summe – kalkreichsten Phasen ausreicht, entstehen partiell oder vollständig kalkärmere Phasen, wie Merwinit und Melilith. Basierend auf den Prioritäten zur Phasenbildung wurde ein Satz von Berechnungsgleichungen aufgestellt, mit denen der CaO-Typ aus der Phasenzusammensetzung der bei 1100 °C getemperten Probe bestimmt werden kann. CaO-Typen repräsentieren Bereiche für die chemische Zusammensetzung der Ausgangsprobe, welche bei der Temperaturbehandlung zu einer charakteristischen qualitativen Phasenzusammensetzung führen. Die CaO-Typen der marktüblichen Zementarten wurden anhand der in der Norm EN 197 festgelegten Bereiche für die Zusammensetzung der Zemente aus ihren Hauptbestandteilen sowie der aus der Fachliteratur ermittelten Bereiche für die chemische Zusammensetzung dieser Hauptbestandteile ermittelt. Damit kann für die Zementarten der Phasenbestand vorhergesagt werden, welcher sich während der Temperaturbehandlung des entsprechenden Zementsteins einstellt. Ein Vergleich mit dem gemessenen Phasenbestand erlaubt so die Identifizierung der Zementart.
Die Übertragbarkeit der durch die Untersuchungen an den Zementsteinen gewonnenen Erkenntnisse und die daraus abgeleiteten Identifizierungsmöglichkeiten auf Zementsteine, welche aus quarzsandhaltigen Normmörteln angereichert wurden, konnte nachgewiesen werden. Dabei wurde eine leichte Verschiebung des Phasenbestandes hin zu kalkärmeren Phasen beobachtet, welche auf die Reaktionsbeteiligung eines Teils der in den Proben enthaltenen Restgesteinskörnung zurückzuführen ist. Die Unterscheidungsmöglichkeiten zwischen den Zementarten blieben jedoch überwiegend erhalten.
Bei Betonen nimmt der Einfluss der Gesteinskörnung auf den Phasenbestand deutlich zu und kann zum Teil nicht mehr vernachlässigt werden. Die Identifizierungsmöglichkeiten müssen deshalb nach der chemischen Zusammensetzung und der Reaktivität der Gesteinskörnung differenziert ermittelt werden. Dazu sind weitere Untersuchungen notwendig.
Für Zementsteine, zementsteinreiche Systeme sowie Mörtel und Betone mit wenig reaktiven Gesteinskörnungen kann die Zementart bereits mit der in dieser Arbeit vorgestellten Methode identifiziert werden. In Fällen, für die sich die Bereiche der chemischen Zusammensetzung mehrerer Zementarten überschneiden, kann es dabei notwendig sein, zusätzliche chemische bzw. mineralogische Untersuchungen durchzuführen, z. B. am unbehandelten Zementstein.
Superplasticizers are utilized both to improve the fluidity during the placement and to reduce the water content of concretes. Both effects have also an impact on the properties of the hardened concrete. As a side effect the presence of superplasticizers affects the strength development of concretes that is strongly retarded. This may lead to an ecomomical drawback of the concrete manufacturing. The present work is aimed at gaining insights on the causes of the retarding effect of superplasticizers on the hydration of Portland cement. In order to simplify the complex interactions occurring during the hydration of Portland cement the majority of the work focuses on the interaction of superplasticizer and tricalcium silicate (Ca3SiO5 or C3S, the main compound of Portland cement clinker). The tests are performed in three main parts accompanied by methods as for example isothermal conduction calorimetry, electrical conductivity, Electron Microscopy, ICP-OES, TOC, as well as Analytical Ultracentrifugation.
In the first main part and based on the interaction of cations and anionic charges of polymers, the interactions between calcium ions and superplasticizers are investigated. As a main effect calcium ions are complexed by the functional groups of the polymers (carboxy, sulfonic). Calcium ions may be both dissolved in the aqueous phase and a constitute of particle interfaces. Besides these effects it is furthermore shown that superplasticizers induce the formation of nanoscaled particles which are dispersed in the aqueous phase (cluster formation). Analogous to recent findings in the field of biomineralization, it is reasonable to assume that these nanoparticles influence the crystal growth by their assembly process.
Based on the assumption that superplasticizers hinder either or both dissolution and precipitation and by that retard the cement hydration, the impact on separate reactions is investigated. On experiments that address the solubility of C-S-H phases and portlandite, it is shown that complexation of calcium ions in the aqueous phase by functional groups of polymers increases the solubility of portlandite. Contrary, in case of C-S-H solubility the complexation of calcium ions in solution leads to decrease of the calcium ion concentration in the aqueous phase. These effects are explained by differences in adsorption of polymers on C-S-H phases and portlandite. It is proposed that adsorption is stronger on C-S-H phases compared to portlandite due to the increased specific surface area of C-S-H phases. Following that, it is claimed that before polymers are able to adsorb on C-S-H phases the functional groups must be screened by calcium ions in the aqueous phase. It is further shown that data regarding the impact of superplasticizers on the unconstrained dissolution rate of C3S does not provide a clear relation to the overall retarding effect occurring during the hydration of C3S. Both increased and decreased dissolution rate with respect to the reference sample are detected. If the complexation capability of the superplasticizers is considered then also a reduced dissolution rate of C3S is determined. Despite the fact that the global hydration process is accelerated, the addition of calcite leads to a slower dissolution rate. Thus, a hindered unconstrained dissolution of C3S as possibly cause for the retarding effect still remains open for discussion. In the last section of this part, the pure crystallization of hydrate phases (C-S-H phases, portlandite) is fathomed. Results clearly show that superplasticizers prolong the induction time and modify the rate of crystal growth during pure crystallization in particular due to the complexation of ions in solution. But this effect is insufficient to account for the overall retarding effect. Further important factors are the blocking of crystal growth faces by adsorbed polymers and the dispersion of nanoscaled particles which hinders their agglomeration in order to build up crystals.
In the last main part of the work, the previously gathered results are utilized in order to investigate hydration kinetics. During hydration, dissolution and precipitation occur in parallel. Thereby, special attention is laid on the ion composition of the aqueous phase of C3S pastes and suspensions in order to determine the rate limiting step. All in all it is concluded that the retarding effect of superplasticizers on the hydration of tricalcium silicate is based on the retardation of crystallization of hydrate phases (C-S-H phases and portlandite). Thereby, the two effects complexation of calcium ions on surfaces and stabilization of nanoscaled particles are of major importance. These mechanisms may partly be compensated by template performance and increase in solubility by complexation of ions in solution. The decreased dissolution rate of C3S by the presence of superplasticizers during the in parallel occuring hydration process can only be assessed indirectly by means of the development of the ion concentrations in the aqueous phase (reaction path). Whether this observation is the cause or the consequence within the dissolution-precipitation process and therefore accounts for the retarding effect remains a topic for further investigations.
Besides these results it is shown that superplasticizers can be associated chemically with inhibitors because they reduce the frequency factor to end the induction period. Because the activation energy is widely unaffected it is shown that the basic reaction mechanism sustain. Furthermore, a method was developed which permits for the first time the determination of ion concentrations in the aqueous phase of C3S pastes in-situ. It is shown that during the C3S hydration the ion concentration in the aqueous phase is developed correspondingly to the heat release rate (calorimetry). The method permits the differentiation of the acceleration period in three stages. It is emphasized that crystallization of the product phases of C3S hydration, namely C-S-H phases and portlandite, are responsible for the end of the induction period.
Components of structural glazing have to meet different requirements and resist various impacts, depending on the field of application. Within an international research project of the EU innovation program Horizon 2020, special glass panes with a fluid circulating in capillaries are developed exploiting solar energy. Major influences to this glazing are UV irradiation and the fluidic contact, effecting the mechanical and optical durability of the bonding material within the glass setup. Regarding to visual requirements, acrylate adhesives and EVA films are analyzed as possible bonding materials by destructive and non-destructive testing methods. Two types of specimen are presented for obtaining the mechanical behavior and the surface appearances of the bonding material.
As part of an international research project – funded by the European Union – capillary glasses for facades are being developed exploiting storage energy by means of fluids flowing through the capillaries. To meet highest visual demands, acrylate adhesives and EVA films are tested as possible bonding materials for the glass setup. Especially non-destructive methods (visual analysis, analysis of birefringent properties and computed tomographic data) are applied to evaluate failure patterns as well as the long-term behavior considering climatic influences. The experimental investigations are presented after different loading periods, providing information of failure developments. In addition, detailed information and scientific findings on the application of computed tomographic analyses are presented.