Research projects on Building Materials
Current projects
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Electric Roads
Smart asphalts and concretes for wireless charging electric road systems – proof of a concept pre-study.
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OFFwind – Offshore Wind Turbine Farms
There is a growing need for the environmentally friendly electricity in the Northern region, due to ongoing industrial expansion including green steel production, new server hall establishments, new planned battery factories, growing number of electrical vehicles.
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Ar2CorD – Low Carbon Concrete for Arctic Climate with Excellent Sustainability and Durability
Project Ar2CorD focuses on the optimization and durability of low-carbon concrete (LCC). Cementitious materials will be developed using traditional, present-on-the-market, supplementary cementitious materials as well as novel locally available binders, potentially applicable in the future. The aim i...
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Eco-concrete in fire
This PhD project is focused on advancing the understanding of sustainable concretes and their behaviour under high temperature and fire conditions. It will significantly reduce carbon foot print of the construction sector and improve industrial waste management.
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Residual sources
Transforming selected industrial residuals into sustainable high-end construction products.
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PCMs
Energy-efficient concrete with bio-based PCMs for improving sustainability in buildings.
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Self-healing Concrete
The main goal of the project is to develop a concrete material capable of self-repair. The focus is on the autogeneous self-healing, ie the ability of concrete and other cementitious materials due to their specific chemical composition and in addition, under favorable environmental conditions.
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SmartCem
Smart Cement for Novel Monitoring System.
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ARCTIC - ecocrete
During the past decades, use of various industrial products and pozzolanic materials in concrete has increased drastically, not only to reduce the environmental impact of ordinary Portland cement (OPC) but also to enhance the mechanical and durability performance or concrete. The present project dea...
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Hybrid concrete
Portland cement concrete, which is a fundamental material for the construction industry, faces environmental problems related to significant CO2 footprint. As a result, increasing amounts of wastes and industrial by products are used to replace the Portland cement to create ecological concretes.
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Unique ice research in laboratory
Researchers within the research groups building materials and geotechnical engineering are currently conducting a completely unique ice research where natural crushed ice from Luleå harbor has been collected for testing in a lab environment. They want to investigate which forces and movements are mo...
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Shotcrete
The shotcrete was invented over 100 years ago and it is commonly used to repair concrete structures and for securing a rock mass in tunnels and mines. Material requirements are significantly tougher in comparison with cast insitu or precast concrete. Shotcrete is exposed to severe conditions from th...
Completed projects
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Natural Sources - ClayCem
The ClayCem project aims to develop a sustainable and possibly recyclable cementitious material suit...
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Alkali activated Slag
In the construction industry are annually consumed approximately 2 billion tons of Portland cement (...