25th Conference

Regensburg, 2016

On March, 2nd and 3rd of March 2016 the 25. conference on "Rheology of Building Materials was will take place in Regensburg Germany at the University of Technology. Several presentations will be presented about measurement and control of the flow properties of mortar,  fresh concrete, UHPC, SCC, steel fiber reinforced concrete and similar materials. 

Pictures from the 15. conference 2016

Conference Proceedings

Conference Proceedings with full papers are published as textbook with hard-cover softcover or e-book. ISBN no.:

978-3-7345-1313-8 (Paperback)

978-3-7345-1314-5 (Hardcover)

A comprehensive Conference Report was published in Applied Rheology.

Pictures from the Conference 2015

Conference, Wednesday, March, 2nd, 2016

Program and time table March, 02, 2016

• Rheology of Building Materials
  Wolfgang Kusterle, Chaist Building Materials Technology
  OTH Regensburg Germany

• Conference Opening
  Thomas Falter, Institut für Angewandte Forschung und Wirtschaftskooperationen , OTH Regensburg, Germany

• Flowability influence on vertical & horizontal length change behavior
  Adrian Bajrami, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Institut für Keramik, Glas und Baustofftechnik, Freiberg, Germany

• Mineral based rheological additives for an efficient sag/slip control and workability improvement in mortars
  Fernández-Ibarburu, A, Construction Additives R&D, TOLSA, Madrid, Spain

• Rheology of Polymer Concretes
  Dr. Klaus Hock,  S u. K Hock GmbH, Regen, Germany

• Structure-effect relationship between modern superplasticizers and the rheological properties of fresh cement pastes
  Michael Haist, Raphael Breiner, Harald S. Müller,  Karlsruher Institut für Technologie,  Institut für Massivbau und Baustofftechnologie,  Abteilung Baustoffe und Betonbau, Germany

• Influence of effects on nano and micro scale on the rheological performance of cement paste, mortar and concrete
  Wolfram Schmidt, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -Prüfung, Berlin, Germany

• Assessment procedures for the rheological properties of mortars
  Hakan Kilinc, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Institut für Konstruktiven Ingenieurbau, Fakultät für Bau- und Umweltingenieurwissenschaften, Lehrstuhl für Baustofftechnik, Bochum, Germany

• Rheology Testing of Deep Foundation Concrete
  Thomas Kränkel, Dirk Lowke, Christoph Gehlen, Lehrstuhl für Werkstoffe und Werkstoffprüfung im Bauwesen, Centrum Baustoffe und Materialprüfung (cbm) der Technischen Universität München, Germany

• Development of a Fiber Reinforced Self-Compacting Heavyweight Concrete by Considering the Factory Conditions
  Klemens Laub, Simone Palzer, Institut für angewandte Bauforschung Weimar gGmbH, Germany

• Optimierung der Frischbetonqualität für die Verarbeitbarkeit und das Aussehen von Sichtbeton
  Rolf-D. Schulz,  Ingenieurbüro für das Bauwesen Schulz, Brunnthal, Germany

• Test Evaluations of a Fully Automatic Mortar Mixer with Torque Measurement for Determining Water Demand
  A. Schließer, H. Garrecht, C. Baumert, M. Özogul, University of Stuttgart, Institute of Construction Materials,
  U. Zimmer, H.-H. Reuter, Testing Bluhm & Feuerherdt GmbH, Berlin, Germany

• Experimental investigation of the effect of silica fume on geopolymer mortar cured under ambient temperature
  Mohammed Al-Majidi, Andreas Lampropoulos, Andrew Cundy
  School of Environment and Technology, University of Brighton, Moulsecoomb, Brighton, UK

• Study of mix design parameters for self compacting concrete based on the rheological characterization of cement based mortarsJose Roberto Tenorio Filho, Karoline Alves de Melo Moraes. Universidade Federal de Alagoas, Maceio, Alagoas, Brazil.

• The Water Demand of Cement Is There Any True Application-Relevant Parameter Existing? Peter Kruspan, Holcim (Schweiz) AG, Switzerland. Julian Link, RWTH Aachen University, Clay and Interface Mineralogy, Germany; now at: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology,  Institute of Reinforced Concrete Structures and Building Materials, Germany

• Studying printability of fresh concrete for formwork free Concrete on-site 3D Printing technology (CONPrint3D)
  V.N. Nerella, M. Krause, M. Näther, Viktor Mechtcherine, TU Dresden, Germany

• Influence of admixtures on properties of fresh SCC.
  Jacek Gołaszewski, Politechnika Śląska, Katedra Inżynierii Materiałów i Procesów Budowlanych, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

• Development of a lab-intensive mixer with integrated rheometer (absolute value) and tribometer: Kniele KKM RT-15
  Christian Baumert, University Stuttgart, Institut für Werkstoffe im Bauwesen (IWB), Stuttgart, Germany

• The Determination of Rheological Properties of High Slump Concrete and SCC - the Advantages of a Modified Online Ball Measuring System Ivan Paric, Florian Fleischmann, Wolfgang Kusterle, OTH Regensburg, Germany, Markus Greim, Schleibinger Geräte, Buchbach, Germany

• X-ray computed tomography of porosity in fibre reinforced self-compacting concrete
  Tomasz Ponikiewski, Politechnika Śląska, Katedra Inżynierii Materiałów i Procesów Budowlanych, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

• Influence of superplasticizer/surfactant aided aqueous dispersion of multi-walled Carbon nanotubes and its impact on workability and mechanical properties of cementitious composites Salam Al-Rekabi, Environment and Technology, University of Brighton

• Application of Rheology to Characterize the Stability of Mortar Compositions under Vibration
  Yared Assefa Abebe, Ludger Lohaus, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Baustoffe, Germany

• Rheological behavior of mortars: comparison between rotational and squeeze-flow techniques  Fábio A. Cardoso, Vanderley M. John, Rafael G. Pileggi, Dept. of Construction Engineering, Escola Politécnica, University of São Paulo, Brazil
  Phillip F.G. Banfill, School of the Built Environment, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

• Rheology of Constructing Materials: 25 Years ago -  The next 25 years
  Markus Greim, Schleibinger Geräte GmbH, Buchbach, Germany
  
  
  

Evening Dinner, Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016

Laboratory Workshop, Thursday, March, 3rd, 2016

09:00 - 12:00, Campus Prüfeninger Straße 58  P040

Attending Fees

The conference and the workshop including the conference coffee breaks and lunch was free.
Hotel, evening dinner etc. must be covered by the participants. 

Organization 

At the University Regensburg your contact is: 

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kusterle

Address:
Ostbayerische Technische
Hochschule Regensburg 
Fakultät Bauingenieurwesen 
Prüfeninger Street 58

93049 Regensburg
Germany

Room.: P232 (Building Prüfeninger Str.58)

phone.: +49 941-943 1349
fax.: +49 941-943 1429
e-mail: wolfgang.kusterle@hs-regensburg.de