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Construction and Environment Department

Research

Research and Transfer

The close link between construction practice, research and development creates an inspiring framework for bachelor's and master's studies or a doctorate in the Department of Construction and Environment. Construction and Environment make an active, interdisciplinary contribution to the research-strong profile of Bremen University of Applied Sciences through high-performance institutes and laboratories. Through the research cluster "Region im Wandel", the research and doctoral projects of the faculty are actively integrated into the Hanseatic City of Bremen and the surrounding federal states. During your internship semester, project modules or your bachelor and master thesis, you will become an active part of research and development in the department.

 

Research Focus Environment

The main topic of the research projects of the Institute of Hydraulic Engineering (IWA) in recent years is the impact of climate change on various sub-disciplines of hydraulic engineering, with a focus on flood protection and port construction. Since its foundation, the research projects of the IWA have almost always been carried out in cooperation with engineering offices, companies and/or authorities. This ensures a close link between research and engineering/construction practice in the sense of technology transfer, which is characteristic for the Bremen University of Applied Sciences. Based on the thematic focus, there is a close networking of the IWA with the research cluster Region in Transition.

 

Areas of expertise in the "Region in Transition" research cluster

  • Energy in transition: Sustainable generation and use of energy
  • Environment in transition: environmental resources and their use

Facilities and Laboratories

The laboratories of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering are at the center of your studies in seminars and practical exercises. The technical equipment of the laboratories and facilities provides optimal working conditions for your study projects. The laboratories of the department and institutes include both large-scale laboratories for larger practical courses and smaller laboratories in which laboratory practicals, student research projects and thesis work can be carried out.

 

Laboratories Construction and Environment

  • GIS-Lab
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Ongoing Doctoral Projects

  • Steel pipe driven pile foundations for objects in offshore wind farms in the German Bight
    Comparison of results of dynamic pile test loads with computational pile resistance determination


    Driven Steel Tube Pile Foundations of Objects in Windfarms in the German Bight
    Comparision of Results of Dynamic Load Tests with Calculated Pile Resistance

    Offshore foundations are conventionally constructed using large-diameter steel pipe piles, and there is currently no prospect of this method being replaced to any significant extent in the short term. The setting depth of these piles is initially determined during project planning by transferring experience gained elsewhere. For this transfer, different models and calculation methods are available, which were mainly formulated on the basis of experience with smaller diameter piles. According to the requirements of the licensing authority, the bearing capacity of these deep foundations has to be verified by means of dynamic pile test loads, which in offshore practice are mainly carried out on structural piles as end-of-driving tests accompanying the pile driving. Current project experience shows that the pile resistances determined with the existing models are partly exceeded and partly undercut by the pile test load results. Both are unfavorable with regard to an ecological and economical object foundation. The aim of the R&D project is to calibrate one of the existing prediction methods for the axial pile resistance on the basis of a broad base of pile test load results in order to achieve a sufficiently reliable prediction of the pile resistances according to geotechnical criteria.

    Supervisor
    Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Achmus
    Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University of Hannover
    Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geodesy of Leibniz University
    Institute for Geotechnics

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