Research Output per year
Organization profile
Introduction / mission
Preservation of energy and limitation of the environmental impact while providing a healthy and comfortable indoor and outdoor environment are essential requirements for the built environment
Highlighted phrase
Developing concepts and materials to build more and better with fewer materials.
Organisational profile
Building Materials (BM) is a research group within the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) Building Physics and Services (BPS) unit. Through a scientifically and technically driven design and production methodology, the goals are to obtain more sustainable, durable and functional materials and products. The group focuses on solving practical problems, answering scientific questions, examining new raw materials and developing innovative products in order to achieve ‘more with less’.
Research interests include:
- Development of new building materials. They can be composed of the binders cement, gypsum, hemi-hydrate and quicklime and cementitious by-products, such as concrete, cement-wood composites, autoclaved aerated concrete and stabilized waste.
- Fundamental physical and chemical know-how. Through experimental and theoretical approaches and implementation in numerical design tools, research is conducted into particle packing, physical transport phenomena, and (de-)hydration reactions, for example.
A scientifically and technically driven design and production methodology is followed to obtain more sustainable, durable and functional building materials and products. They are designed, applied, produced and tested on their physical, mechanical, chemical and sensory properties, for both indoor and outdoor applications. These innovations are encouraged by the changing regulations and standards that are becoming more performance-based rather than prescription-based.
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Concretes
Engineering & Materials Science
Ashes
Engineering & Materials Science
Cements
Engineering & Materials Science
Silica
Engineering & Materials Science
Silicon Dioxide
Chemical Compounds
Coal Ash
Chemical Compounds
Hydration
Engineering & Materials Science
bottom ash
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Network
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Profiles
Muhammad Ahmed
- Department of the Built Environment, Building Materials - Doctoral Candidate
Person: Prom. : doctoral candidate (PhD)
Qadeer Alam, MSc
- Department of the Built Environment, Building Materials - Doctoral Candidate
Person: Prom. : doctoral candidate (PhD)
H.J.H. (Jos) Brouwers
- Department of the Built Environment, Building Materials - Full Professor
Person: HGL : Professor
Research Output 1979 2020
A nonlinear rate-dependent model for predicting the depth of penetration in ultra-high performance fiber reinforced concrete (UHPFRC)
Cao, Y. Y. Y., Tan, Q. H., Jiang, Z. G., Brouwers, J. & Yu, Q., 1 Feb 2020, In : Cement & Concrete Composites. 106, 16 p., 103451.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Reinforced concrete
Fibers
Compressive strength
Impact resistance
Projectiles
Chemical speciation, distribution and leaching behavior of chlorides from municipal solid waste incineration bottom ash
Alam, Q., Lazaro, A., Schollbach, K. & Brouwers, H. J. H., 1 Feb 2020, In : Chemosphere. 241, 7 p., 124985.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access
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Ashes
Chemical speciation
Coal Ash
Incineration
Solid Waste
Compositional modelling and crushing behaviour of MSWI bottom ash material classes
van de Wouw, P. M. F., Loginova, E., Florea, M. V. A. & Brouwers, H. J. H., 1 Jan 2020, In : Waste Management. 101, p. 268-282 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
bottom ash
crushing
modeling
slag
material
Prizes
Additive manufacturing of functional construction materials on-demand
Sandra S. Lucas (Recipient), Jos Brouwers (Recipient) & Q.L. (Qingliang) Yu (Recipient), 18 Nov 2019
Prize: NWO › Other › Scientific
3D printers
Intelligent materials
Functional materials
Civil engineering
Printing
Intevep´s Creative and Innovation Award, 1st operational reconnaissance for impulse and use of hematite base drilling fluids
George Quercia Bianchi (Recipient), 1 Dec 2005
Prize: Other › Discipline related › Professional
PDVSA Intevep´s Creative and Innovation Award, 1st special reconnaissance
George Quercia Bianchi (Recipient), 1 Aug 2007
Prize: Other › Discipline related › Professional
Activities 1997 2019
Construction and Building Materials (Journal)
Q.L. (Qingliang) Yu (Editorial board member)15 Sep 2019 → 14 Sep 2022
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity › Scientific
Composites bio-sourcés et assainissement de l'air
Florent Gauvin (Speaker)18 Oct 2017
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Keynote talk › Scientific
Photocatalyst deactivation on wood wool cement composite
Florent Gauvin (Speaker)22 May 2017 → 28 May 2017
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Poster presentation › Scientific
Press / Media
Cement made from steel production byproduct can lead to a huge CO2 reduction
6/12/16
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Student theses
Design of an innovative bio-concrete using Miscanthus fibres: characterization and properties of Miscanthus fibres as lightweight aggregate in a cementitious matrix
Author: Ezechiels, J., 28 Feb 2017Supervisor: Brouwers, H. (Supervisor 1), Yu, Q. (Supervisor 2) & Schollbach, K. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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Immobillisation of the main contaminants of MSWI residues: chlorides and their counter ions
Author: Quaas, L., 31 Aug 2017Supervisor: Brouwers, H. (Supervisor 1), Florea, M. (Supervisor 2) & Schollbach, K. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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Material and structural design aspects of a prefabricated balcony of lightweight concrete
Author: van Heuveln, E., 31 Aug 2017Supervisor: Wijte, S. (Supervisor 1), Brouwers, H. (Supervisor 2), Bos, F. (Supervisor 2) & Yu, Q. (Supervisor 2)
Student thesis: Master
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