Current research projects

Below you will find an overview of current research projects at the Institute for Solid Structures.

ZirKuS: Circular construction and statics of reused concrete components

Funding body: DBU – Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt

Duration: 01.10.2025 – 30.09.2027

Research area(s): Design and construction of concrete structures, Sustainability in construction

ReAsCon: Urban mining concept in the context of the deconstruction of asbestos-containing concrete based on the example of the Ludwigshafen elevated road

Funding body: “Resource-efficient circular economy – urban mining: developing anthropogenic deposits as a source of raw materials” as part of the Research for Sustainability Strategy (FONA) (BMFTR)

Duration: 01.11.2025 – 31.10.2028

Research area(s): Sustainability in construction

Elbbackstein6E: Development of manufacturing processes for resource-efficient bricks based on secondary raw materials

Funding body: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz (BMWK): Zentrales Innovationsprogramm Mittelstand (ZIM)

Duration: 01.09.2025 – 29.02.2028

Research area(s): Masonry Structures

LehmDM: Design of load-bearing earth masonry with thin-layer mortar

Funding body: WIR!-Bündnis GOLEHM, Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Duration: 01.05.2025 – 28.02.2028

Research area(s): Masonry Structures

CPC: Modular lightweight constructions made from prestressed carbon concrete panels

Funding body: Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz

Duration: 01.11.2023 – 31.10.2026

Research area(s): Design and construction of concrete structures

LM-Schub: Development of a verification concept for earth masonry walls under shear loading

Funding body: Bundesinstitut für Bau-, Stadt- und Raumforschung (BBSR) – Förderinitiative “Zukunft Bau”

Duration: 15.10.2023 – 15.10.2026

Research area(s): Masonry Structures

Investigation of Dynamic Response and Shear Behaviour of DSM Walls with interlocking System subjected to Seismic Loading

Funding body: –

Duration: since 2022

Research area(s): Design and construcion of concrete structures, Masonry Structures