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Concrete light

  • Optimisation based design
  • Ultra-light structures
  • Heliostats + parabolic troughs for concentrated solar power applications (CSP)

Concrete Solar Collector (ConSol) during sun tracking; Source: Sven Paustian


Bi-material topology optimisation of an single span girder as reinforced concrete framework and hybrid steel-concrete member Optimised framework members subjected to 4-point bending Modular concrete heliostat; Source: Sebastian Penkert CO2 reduced concrete structures Concrete failure of a conventional reinforced concrete member, in the node of a framework and of the concrete strut Concrete Solar Collector (ConSol); Source: Sven Paustian Modular solar collector made from high-performance concrete; Source: Marius Schellen, TU Kaiserslautern Test set-up of the modular heliostat in the laboratory of the TU Kaiserslautern; Source: Marius Schellen, TU Kaiserslautern