Laboratory sheet

Research topics :

With respect to materials the scope of the chair of ceramics comprises ordinary ceramic refractories, slags, mineral binders, concrete, glass, and non refractory ceramics with a main focus on refractories slags and melts, mineral binders and building materials. With respect to methods applied, research concentrates on microstructural characterization, determination of properties (mechanical and fracture mechanical properties, properties of melts and slags), failure analysis, simulation of thermomechanical material behavior, CFD simulation and thermochemical calculation.

Selected topics: 

• Thermomechanical material models for ordinary ceramic refractories.
• Simulation of refractory lining behavior and design.
• DE simulation of ordinary ceramic structures.
• Nonoxides for refractory applications.
• Corrosion of refractory components in slags.
• CFD simulation assisting investigations of slag/refractory and slag/steel interaction.
• Alternative mineral hydraulic binders.