Modern Russian high-tech construction materials and their application in domestic construction industry (on example of metal-ceramic panels «Hardwall»)

Abstract

In modern construction field there is a constant need in new high-performance materials, that’s why the manufacturing companies constantly release new high-tech materials on the market. An important factor is the cost of construction materials: if earlier construction firms mostly preferred foreign producers, taking into account the significant growth of the European and American currencies rate they increasingly use the domestic producers products today. In the choice of material construction companies have high requirement on the durability, reliability, ease of installation, products cost-effectiveness. Speaking about exposed panels they also have demands to a high resistance to aggressive climatic conditions. The features of such modern construction materials as metal-ceramic panels "Hardwall" by «Bautrade» are examined in this article; and especially we study their advantages over other analogues of this product on the market. The purpose of our study is to confirm the high technical characteristics of the metal-ceramic panels "Hardwall". During the testing according to GOST 18124-2012 methodic we got some results of tests in which we determine the ultimate bending strength at the universal electromechanical machine «Instorn 3382» made for measuring the tensile strength, bending, peeling. These results provide us with a loss strength percent of the metal-ceramic panels. In addition, we made the frost-resistance tests. After the tests, all samples showed a satisfactory value, specified in GOST 18124-2012. And also a comparison of the ultimate bending strength test results of the samples tested for frost-resistance and samples not tested for frost-resistance was made. Thus, the panels have all the necessary properties: they are resistant to aggressive environmental influences, to impact loads and chemical influences. Also, the panels can resist to high temperature differences. Nowadays metal-ceramic panels "Hardwall" are one of the most sought decoration materials, the safety and quality of which are confirmed by a number of laboratory tests.