Buildings and Structures

Prestressed bridge for high speed traffic (© DB AG)

For the testing and the assessment of the reliability, durability, safety and resistance of building constructions and their components including the soil the short and long term behaviour as well as the residual life time are investigated. Scientific examinations are carried out at complex and extreme mechanical loadings in the laboratory and in situ. On behalf of public and private clients expert opinions and technical specification are prepared. The knowledge gained is introduced into national and international standards.

Areas of expertise

Experimental Structural Safety Assessment

• Experimental investigations of the load bearing capacity of steel constructions, reinforced concrete structures, prestressed concrete structures and masonry structures under multi-axial statically, dynamically or impact loading
• Approval tests of constructions
• Damage analyses und damage accessment

Dynamics in Construction and Transportation

• Ground-borne vibration due to traffic, industry and construction work, prediction, measurement, monitoring, assessment and reduction.
• Dynamics of traffic systems and their track structures.

Railway Track Systems and Components

• Testing and research on track components and constructions
• Permanent deformations of railway track

Structural Reliability and Risk Assessment

• Damage evaluation and Risk assessment
• Assessment of existing safety measures and development of innovative safety measures
• Experimental investigation of innovative materials and structural members

Structural Health Monitoring and Condition Analysis

• Monitoring of structures to assure the bearing capacity, operability and durability
• Determination of the current condition of structures by static and dynamic technique

SAFEINFRA: Risk and Safety of Infrastructures and Wind Turbines

• Risk and reliability analyses for infrastructure buildings
• Support of the management of the structural integrity

Technical equipment

Testing facilities of the Division 7.2 "Buildings and Structures"

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