Working group “Analytics”

Analytic-Group, Berlin, 13.06.2018
© DFG-SPP-2005

A thorough characterization of starting materials is the precondition for further research, especially for cement, which contains various phases and presents quite a complex material for fundamental scientific investigation. In the “Analytics” group of SPP 2005, the characterization of the reference cementitious materials and superplasticizer were collected based on tests conducted by many research groups involved in this cooperative program. For all data received, the mean values and the corresponding errors were calculated. The results shall be used for the ongoing research within the priority program of the German Research Foundation (DFG SPP 2005).

Goals

Working Group Analytics in SPP 2005 conducts the thorough characterization of the reference raw materials and put forward the reliable solutions to the problems in the experiments caused by the materials. In detail, WG Analytics has the following goals:

  • Interlaboratory characterization of reference materials: cements, SCMs and superplasticizers
  • Data sharing within the priority program
  • Providing essential data for the modelling work
  • Tests of material ageing during storage
Goals of working group analytic
© DFG-SPP-2005

Members & Institutions

Chair

  • Dietmar Stephan
    Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

Deputy Chair

  • Regine von Klitzing
    Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany

Current Members

  • Alexander Mezhov
    Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und –prüfung (BAM), Germany
  • Bastian Strybny
    Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
  • Carsten Schilde
    Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
  • Christof Schröfl
    Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
  • Claudia Crasselt
    Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und –prüfung (BAM), Germany
  • Cordula Jakob
    Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
  • Daniel Jansen
    Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
  • David Nicia
    Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
  • Dimitri Ivanov
    Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
  • Dirk Lowke
    Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
  • Inka Mai
    Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
  • Johann Plank
    Technische Universität München, Germany
  • Julian Link
    Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
  • Jürgen Neubauer
    Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen, Germany
  • Lei Lei
    Technische Universität München, Germany
  • Mahmoud Eslami
    Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
  • Melanie Heinemann
    Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany
  • Michael Haist
    Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
  • Horst-Michael Ludwig
    Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany
  • Neven Ukrainczyk
    Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
  • Nicholas Fobbe
    Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
  • Peng Xiao
    Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
  • Ran Li
    Technische Universität München, Germany
  • Silvia Reißig
    Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
  • Simon Becker
    Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany
  • Steffen Hellmann
    Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
  • Thomas Sowoidnich
    Bauhaus Uni Weimar
  • Thorsten Schäfer
    Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany
  • Ursula Pott
    Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
  • Viktor Mechtcherine
    Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
  • Wolfram Schmidt
    Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und –prüfung (BAM), Germany

Former Members

  • Horst-Michael Ludwig
    Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany
  • Zichen Lu
    Tongji University, China
Institutions of working group analytic

Group meetings

Date

Location

May 2021

Online

June 2021

Online

November 2021

Online

January 2022

Online

February 2022

Online

May 2022

Online

September 2022

Online

Results and Current Work

The major achievement of the Working Group “Analytics” contains the following two parts:

  1. Three published paper on the characterization data of the reference materials in SPP 2005
  2. Organized keynote presentations with different topics for all the SPP members, especially the early researchers and Ph.D candidates

Regarding the first part, two papers on the detailed characterization data of CEM I 42.5R and CEM III/A 42.5N were published in Data in Brief (ISSN 2352-3409) from the aspect of chemical and mineralogical composition, physical properties and performance. In addition, one paper on the characterization of the reference superplasticizers was also published in the same journal. For the second part, the following keynote presentations were organized during the seminar & workshop of the group “Analytics”.

  • 01.2019, Particle Characterization, Dr. Ingo Kampen (TU Braunschweig)
  • 01.2020, Interactions between particles (in the presence of polymers), Prof. Regine von Klitzing (TU Darmstadt)
  • 01.2020, Interaction of admixtures with cementitious materials, Dr. Zichen Lu (TU Berlin)
  • 09.2020, A real multiscale challenge – The long way from material analysis at the nano level to macroscopic fresh properties of cement-based materials Interactions. Prof. Dirk Lowke (TU Braunschweig)

At the beginning of the second funding period, the Working Group again focused on the characterization of the raw materials. As in the first funding period, various participants contributed results for a joint publication. This publication is the basis for further research in the DFG SPP 2005. The paper characterises the following materials:

  • CEM I 42.5 R,
  • limestone powder,
  • calcined clay
  • and a mixture of these three components

In the next publication, a more precise characterization of the calcined clay is planned using special tests, e.g. R3 test. For this purpose, Dr Nancy Beuntner and Matthias Maier from Universität der Bundeswehr München were guests at the group meeting on 06.05.2021 and gave a lecture entitled “Calcined clays and their challenges for analytics”.

Publications