The teams

Mineral and organic-mineral materials for use in the construction industry

Aims

Production, composition and characterisation of insulating materials for the building and construction industry.

Activities

New materials for thermal renovation

  • Production and composition
  • Organic-mineral fibre mortar for exterior thermal insulation
  • Superinsulation for interior thermal renovation  
  • Characterisation of  hygrothermal performance
  • Modelling (discreet, continuous, coupled approach)

Concrete/mortar reinforcement (polymer fibres)

Microstructure of reinforced concrete (Reinforced Cement Fiber Composite or SRCFC)

The earth as a building material

  • Mechanical characterisation of granular stacking
  • Developing « quick-setting » clay-based concrete