Research

Abrasivity & Excavatability

Abrasivity testing (Cerchar & LCPC Test) Drill & blast, roadheader cutting, TBM boring; performance and wear analysis and prognosis.

Tunnelling & Underground Excavation

Stability problems, rock mass characterization and classification. Especially: processes of weathering, swelling behaviour and problems induced by high in-situ stress conditions.

Characterization of Rock and Soil Properties

Stability problems, rock mass characterization and classification. Especially: processes of weathering, swelling behaviour and problems induced by high in-situ stress conditions

Landslides

Landslides in rock and soil - causes, processes & mitigation measures; development of a continuous 3D monitoring system with time domain reflectometry.

See also website of the TUM Landslides Group.

Mineral Resources and Applied Petrography

Genesis of mineral deposits and evaluation of raw materials and rock properties; research in deposits of industrial minerals, aggregates, dimension and decorative stones, gemstones and selected metallic ores.

General topics

  • Sedimentology
  • Mapping assignments of the Bavarian Geological Survey:
    - Tectonics & geomechanics of the Northern Calcareous Alps
    - Structure and development of the Bavarian Forest