Structures & Construction Materials
We offer a wide range of mechanical, physical and chemical examinations of construction materials, structural members and structures. We are specialised in the fields of concrete, specialty concretes, reinforced and prestressed concrete, sealing and concrete repair products, gypsum building materials, as well as reinforcement technology, tensioning systems and stay cables for bridges. The examinations are conducted in an amply equipped laboratory. We also examine structures on site with mobile equipment, which also includes non-destructive examinations.
MPA Braunschweig furthermore provides external monitoring services to manufacturers of construction materials and structural members, which is done either at their place of production or on construction sites. We provide support in case of technical questions to manufacturers of construction materials, constructors and authorities. We also prepare expert opinions and assist our customers in the application procedures for European Technical Approvals, general technical approvals and type approvals.
Head of Department Structures and Construction Materials
Structural members and special structures
Mechanical tests of structural members and special structures takes place both in our laboratory and on-site.
- Test load
- Protection against falls
- Loadbearing capacity / residual loadbearing capacity
- Bending loadbearing capacity
- Compressive and tensile strength
- Pendulum impact tests
The examinations and tests are carried out on different materials and structural member types.
- Ceiling substructures, suspended ceilings, ceiling coverings
- Lightweight partition wall constructions
- Wood and engineered wood products
- Glass structures
- Thermal insulation composite systems (ETICS) and façade structures
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Development, testing and monitoring of concretes and mortars
Recipe development for concretes
- Concretes for solid structures to avoid the formation of forced cracks during setting
- High performance concretes and ultra-high performance concretes (UHPC)
- Steel fibre concretes, for underwater concrete, among others
- Sprayed concretes
- Lightweight concretes
- Special concretes, such as salt concretes for mines
- Mortar, screed and plasters
External monitoring or independent verification checks
- Ready-mixed concrete, factory-made wet mortar and dry mortar
- Precast elements made of reinforced and prestressed concrete
- Concrete in monitoring classes on construction sites
Suitability and quality testing of concretes
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Reinforcement technology and tensioning systems
Processing a range of questions on static and dynamic loads in relation to reinforcement, prestressing steel, tensioning systems and cable systems:
- Tests on tensioning systems and cables (among others, in accordance with ETAG 013, fib guidelines, PTI recommendations)
- Testing of prestressing steel, concrete steel, fibre reinforcement
- Creation of expert opinions for steels and pretensioning systems or cable systems
- Monitoring of concrete steel, prestressing steel, steel fibres, micro piles and tension piles
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