Textilbeton - Ausgeführte Projekte im Überblick

Textile concrete - an overview of executed projects

In Germany, a research focus was on the composite material textile reinforced concrete (TRC) in the last 15 years. In 2011 two Collaborative Research Centres (SFBs), SFB 528 at the TU Dresden and the SFB 532 at the RWTH Aachen, funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) were successfully completed. Within the research projects, pilot buildings have already been developed to demonstrate the high potential of textile reinforced concrete. Particularly in the field of strengthening of existing structures and thin walled new components, thin constructions with a high tensile bearing capacity provide a cost-effective alternative to conventional construction methods. With the aim of applying the material in a wide range of fields, numerous different research projects were realised in collaboration with companies from the construction industry in the last years. For instance small-sized slabs made of textile reinforced concrete are already the state-of-the-art in the field of facade panels. Furthermore, the high effectiveness of textile reinforced concrete could be shown for the strengthening of existing structures, bridge constructions and large-sized components such as balcony floor slabs or bearing shell structures.