Construction industry materials - KAMA9M21

  • Number of hours

    • Lectures 8.0
    • Projects -
    • Tutorials -
    • Internship -
    • Laboratory works -
    • Written tests -

    ECTS

    ECTS 0.0

Goal(s)

This course will cover cement and concrete materials (Introduction to cementitious materials: Manufacture and use of cement and concrete). This course is given by industrial partners.

Content(s)

Cement courses by engineers from LAFARGE

  • Part 1: Cement History and Manufacturing (Alexander PISCH)
  • Part 2: History, manufacture and use of concrete (Blandine ALBERT)
  • Part 3: (Matthieu Horgnies)

A: Surface reactivity & functionalization of building materials (2h)
Plan
1. Introduction

  • Some definitions
  • The colour of the concrete

2. Characterize material surfaces

  • Variability of surface composition
  • Interface characterization and adhesion study

3. Functionalize building materials

  • (Super)-hydrophobic/hydrophilic functions
  • Anchoring of pigments on the surface of concrete
  • Parameters influencing biological colonization

4. Innovating: towards new materials and concepts

  • Air pollution control by concrete with activated carbon
  • Incorporation of aggregates based on recycled materials
  • Deposition of photovoltaic thin films

5. Conclusions: assessment, technological bottlenecks & prospects

B: Some areas of innovation in building materials (and examples of applications for renewable energies) (2h)

Plan

1. Some areas of innovation in building materials (cement-based)

  • Reduce construction costs
  • Improving energy efficiency
  • Reduce the environmental footprint
  • Improve aesthetics
  • Prepare for the digitalization of work
  • Developing new solutions in energy

2. Example 1: Study of a new process for integrating photovoltaics into the facades of buildings

  • Introduction: Urban development and energy
  • Comparison between the main types of PV cells
  • Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV)
  • Description of a new system for integrating PV into concrete
  • Summary of characterization tests conducted in the laboratory
  • 1st industrialization tests (video)

3. Ex. 2 : Study of a thermochemical heat storage system in the building

  • Storage to solve the seasonal shift induced by renewable energies
  • Different types of energy storage
  • State of the art - From cement to ettringite
  • State of the art - Storage of ettringite-based energy
  • Thermo-energy models: description of the storage model
  • Simulation of the temperature evolution of "ettringite concrete" during the cycles
  • Conclusions and perspectives

Test

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Calendar

The course exists in the following branches:

  • Curriculum - MAT - Semester 9

Additional Information

Course ID : KAMA9M21
Course language(s): FR

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Bibliography

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  • Libessart L., Influence de la composition des agents de démoulage à l?interface coffrage/béton - Impact sur l?esthétique des parements en béton, Thèse de doctorat, Université d?Artois (France), 2006.
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