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