The research work at the Institute of Concrete Structures (RUB) is both theoretical and experimental in nature and deals with innovative methods and topics for concrete structures. Characteristic are a basic orientation and an interactive cooperation in structured programs.
Current examples are the SFB 837 Interaction Modeling in Mechanized Tunneling (2010-2022, TP B1, D3), the SPP 1542 Concrete Light (2011-2017, with two subprojects and two transfer projects until 2020), the BMWi-funded ConSol project (2015-2018, Concrete Solar Collector) with 7 research partners, the FG 2825 Concrete Damage Assessment by CoDa Waves (since 2019 with 5 partners) as well as the SPP 2187 Adaptive Modularized Constructions made in a Flux (from 2020) with a TP for serial modularization and the research-oriented coordination project of the SPP.
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Peter Mark
Principal Investigator
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Mark is university professor for concrete structures at the Ruhr-University Bochum. He received his doctorate (1997) and his habilitation (2006) there and is author or co-author of more than 250 publications in the field of structural engineering. In addition, he is a test engineer for structural analysis, consulting engineer and state-approved expert for the testing of structural stability. Since 2018 he is coordinator of the priority program 2187.
Noah Sträter, M.Sc.
Research Associate
Noah Sträter completed his master's degree in civil engineering with a specialization in structural engineering at the Ruhr University Bochum in 2022. Since then, he has been working as a research assistant at the Institute of Concrete Structures there. As part of the CoDA project, his research includes the detection of tendon ruptures using the coda technique and the influence of complex geometries and damaged surfaces on the coda signal.
Dr.-Ing. Felix Clauß
Associated Researcher
Felix Clauß is a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Concrete Structures of Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. Since 2022, he holds a Ph.D. in civil engineering for his thesis entitled “Thermo-mechanical investigations of reinforced concrete structures using coda wave interferometry”. His (post-)doctoral research focuses on health monitoring of concrete structures using coda waves as well as topology optimization and its application to structural engineering issues.
Dr.-Ing. Mark Alexander Ahrens
Associated Researcher
Dr. Ahrens studied civil engineering at Ruhr-University Bochum until 2004. In 2005, he continued his scientific work at the Institute of Reinforced and Pre-stressed Concrete Structures within the framework of the Collaborative Research Center 398 "Lifetime-oriented Structural Design Concepts on the basis of Damage and Deterioration Aspects", which he completed with his doctorate in 2010. Since then he has held the position of senior engineer at the Chair of Solid Construction and has been researching new measuring methods in the course of building monitoring as well as the prediction of residual service lives on the basis of stochastic simulations under uncertain input.