German concrete, 1819-1877

• Lime, trass, mortar, concrete and artificial stones at the turn of the 19th century: Premises for the development of concrete – The state-of-the-art knowledge about lime, between alchemical heritage and scientific achievements – Cement, the practices of producing hydraulic mortar and the importance of trass – Rudimental traces of concrete in foundations, between local experiments and references to antiquity – Hollow masonry-faced walls filled with concrete – French concrete foundations in Rhineland – The ambition to produce mortar-based artificial stone
• New knowledge about hydraulic lime, cement and mortar: The Theorie des besten Mörtels by John – A new awareness about hydraulic lime and mortar – Cement from England and policies for the Gewerbeförderung – Artificial stones by Sachs and moulded statues by De la Rivallière-Preignac von Frauendorf – Roman cement applications and hydraulic lime manufacturing – Concrete hydraulic foundations: trass versus – hydraulic lime – The realization of John’s theory in Fuch’s studies – on lime and mortar – Concrete foundations in technical literature
• Hydraulic lime and cement manufacturing: The Bavarian hydraulic lime, a mineralischer Schatz – Cement manufacturing in Northwest and central Germany, from Hamburg to Kassel – Further production of hydraulic lime and the persistent fascination with English Roman cement in Prussia – Mortar, plaster and concrete, experimental uses of Kassel and Hamelin cement, and the attempts to build continuous masonry elements
• Concrete foundations, walls, artificial stones: Concrete foundations in regions along the Rhine, the persisting use of trass – Concrete foundations in Bavaria and Pomerania, the exploitation of local hydraulic lime – Lean conglomerates for rural buildings and the development of Kalksand – Concrete and cement in Hamburg, between Dutch, French and English influences – Moulded cement-based artificial stones and mortar tiles – Concrete fillings for bridge decks, and to restore masonry cracks – The concrete foundations of the piers for the railway bridges in Dirschau and Marienburg, the development of local artificial cement by Lentze – Further studies about materials used to produce hydraulic mortar and concrete
• Portland cement and concrete construction, from foundations to roofs: Portland cement and its prevalent use in binding brickwork – The manufacturing of Portland cement by Bleibtreu – The acknowledgment of the monolithic behaviour – of concrete and the further spread of concrete foundations – Lean conglomerate as a German kind of concrete – for above-ground constructions – The manufacturing of Cementwaaren – Improvements to scaffoldings and sheet pilings – for foundations underwater, the building of the bridge over the Rhine in Koblenz – Sinking wells, sinking caissons and pneumatic caissons – Concrete for above-ground constructions – Further studies about Portland cement and the regulation of its main physical features

Editeur : EPFL Press English Imprint

Auteur(s) : Salvatore Aprea

Collection : Treatise on Concrete

Publication : 1 août 2016

Edition : 1^ère édition

Support(s) : Livre papier

Nombre de pages Livre papier : 256

Format (en mm) Livre papier : 170 x 240

Poids (en grammes) : 790

Langue(s) : Anglais

EAN13 Livre papier : 9782940222964