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

bottom ash Earth & Environmental Sciences

Hydration Engineering & Materials Science

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Profiles

Muhammad Ahmed

m.ahmed@tue.nl

Department of the Built Environment, Building Materials - Doctoral Candidate

Person: Prom. : doctoral candidate (PhD)

Qadeer Alam, MSc

Q.Alam@tue.nl

Department of the Built Environment, Building Materials - University Researcher

Person: OWP : University Teacher / Researcher

H.J.H. (Jos) Brouwers

jos.brouwers@tue.nl

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

A promising process to modify cellulose nanofibers for carbon dioxide (CO₂) adsorption

Sepahvand, S., Jonoobi, M., Ashori, A., Gauvin, F., Brouwers, H. J. H., Oksman, K. & Yu, Q., 15 Feb 2020, In : Carbohydrate Polymers. 230, 10 p., 115571.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Nanofibers

Carbon Dioxide

Cellulose

Carbon dioxide

Adsorption

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