Investigation into the Impact of L-Shaped RC Shear Wall Placement with Openings on the Behavior of Medium-Rise Buildings by Salem Merabti, Salah Bezari, Abdelkadir Aymen Laari, Aboubaker Khachouche

“… This article aims to investigate the impact of regular openings in L-shaped reinforced concrete (RC) shear walls located at building corners. …”
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Flexural and Shear Strengthening of High-Strength Concrete Beams Using near Surface Basalt Fiber Bars by Ahmed Ashteyat, Ala’ Taleb Obaidat, Ahmad Al-Khreisat, Mu’tasime Abdel-Jaber

“…Strengthening of reinforced concrete (RC) structures has become a primary challenge in civil engineering. …”
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Study on Zonal Cooperative Control Technology of Surrounding Rock of Super Large Section Soft Rock Chamber Group Connected by Deep Vertical Shaft by Shengrong Xie, Zaisheng Jiang, Dongdong Chen, En Wang

“…The subarea collaborative control technology of “high-strength prestressed bolt (cable) mesh shotcreting coupling + reinforced concrete wall brickwork support technology + high-strength bolt (cable) grouting of fragmented coal and rock mass” is proposed. …”
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Seismic Performance of Offshore Piers under Wave Impact and Chloride Ion Corrosion Environment by Yin Gu, Anhua Yu, Xiaolong Zhang

“…Then, according to the corrosion characteristics of coastal chloride salts on reinforced concrete bridge piers, the corrosion parameters is selected by Latin hypercube sampling, and the influence of corrosion expansion and cracking of bridge pier cover on the chloride ion corrosion process is considered to modify the degradation model of corroded reinforced concrete materials. …”
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Experimental and numerical study on seismic behaviors of SRC column-RC slab joints in NPP by Dayang Wang, Qiang Liu, Yuanqi Song, Yong Zhu, Yongshan Zhang

“…This paper presents an innovative design of a steel-reinforced concrete (SRC) column-reinforced concrete (RC) slab joint based on a concept of the strong column and weak slab. …”
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Experimental Investigation on Short Concrete Columns Reinforced by Bamboo Scrimber under Axial Compression Loads by Min Lei, Zihao Wang, Penghui Li, Liyi Zeng, Hongyao Liu, Zhidong Zhang, Huicheng Su

“…Three columns are reinforced concrete columns, and the other nine columns are bamboo scrimber reinforced concrete columns. …”
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Behavior of an Innovative Square Composite Column Made of Four Steel Tubes at the Corners and Corrugated Steel Batten Plates on all Sides by Chengquan Wang, Zou Yun, Jinxin Kang, Yuan Zhou, Ming Chen, Yichao Wu

“…The seismic performance of the ISSCC column was compared and analyzed with reinforced concrete column under different axial compression ratios. …”
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ASSIMILATION OF PRODUCTION OF THERMO-MECHANICALLY HARDENED REINFORCING BAR WITH EFFECTIVE AND ECONOMICAL CUT, EQUIVALENT DIAMETER 5,5—8,0 mm and 500 H/mm2 by V. A. Matochkin, V. V. Savinkov, A. V. Gontaij, V. I. Shcherbakov

“…The carried out team-work of NIIZHB and RUP “BMZ” enabled to receive new technological decisions at production of bale reinforcing bar, realization of which will increase reliability of reinforced-concrete constructions of buildings and installations.…”
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INFLUENCE OF BEAM HEIGHT-COLUMN WIDTH RATIO ON SEISMIC BEHAVIOR OF RC MOMENT RESISTING FRAMES by A. Khalili, F. Nateghi Alahi

“…Analysis of frequent and repetitive failures in strong earthquakes in recent decades of reinforced concrete structures shows that the strong beam-weak column failure mode typically leads to severe damage in these structures. …”
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Response Modification Factor of RC Frames Strengthened with RC Haunches by Junaid Akbar, Naveed Ahmad, Muhammad Rizwan, Sairash Javed, Bashir Alam

“…This paper presents experimental and numerical studies carried out on two-story reinforced concrete (RC) frames having weaker beam-column joints, which were retrofitted with reinforced concrete haunches to avoid joint panel damage under seismic actions. …”
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An Integral Numerical Analysis of Impact of a Commercial Aircraft on Nuclear Containment by Xiaoxin Wang, Qin Zhou, Li Shi, Haitao Wang, Xiaotian Li

“…In this paper, the crash of a commercial airplane Boeing 767-200ER on the reinforced concrete containment building of an NPP is analyzed using the missile-target interaction method. …”
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Concrete reinforcement using composite fiberglass-based materials by Benzerga Ahmed Lamine, Amieur Mohamed, Rabehi Rachid

“…One such technique involves externally reinforcing reinforced concrete elements with composite materials because of their superior strength-to-weight ratio and resistance to abrasion. …”
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Progressive Collapse of Structural Systems Considering Force and Corrosion Damage by S. I. Merkulov

“…Peculiarities of corrosion damageability of concrete of reinforced concrete structures are determined, mechanisms of force and corrosion effects and their influence on progressive destruction of structural systems of exploited buildings are analyzed.…”
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Development of the tool steel heating technology by V. I. Timoshpolsky, A. B Steblov, V. V. Filippov, V. S. Timofeev, V. A. Tischenko, D. V. Lenartovic

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A durability- based design approach for structural applications with advanced cement-based materials by Francesco Soave, Liberato Ferrara

“…The poor durability of existing reinforced concrete structures has shown that current approaches to tackle this issue in the overall structural design framework fail to guarantee an adequate level of safety for structures over the intended service life. …”
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Performance of GGBS Cement Concrete under Natural Carbonation and Accelerated Carbonation Exposure by Jun Zhao, Eskinder Desta Shumuye, Zike Wang, Gashaw Assefa Bezabih

“…One of the primary problems related to reinforced concrete structures is carbonation of concrete. …”
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On Stack Reconstruction Problem by V. D. Akeliev, V. D. Sizov, V. V. Pitirimov

“…The paper reveals the possibility to reconstruct stacks while using gas discharging channel made of composite material on the basis of glass-reinforced plastic which permits to reduce thermo-stressed actions on reinforced concrete and increase volume of released gases due to practically two-fold reduction of gas-dynamic pressure losses along the pipe length.…”
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A dimensional analysis approach to fatigue in quasi-brittle materials by Marco Paggi

“…According to this theoretical approach, the microstructural-size (related to the volumetric content of fibres in fibre-reinforced concrete), the crack-size, and the size-scale effects on the Paris’ law and the Wöhler equation are presented within a unified mathematical framework. …”
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Mechanical Response of Industrial Concrete with SFRC and PFRC by José Ángel Ortíz-Lozano, Silvia Rodríguez-Narciso, Julián Carrillo, Juan Antonio Hernández-Andrade, Jesús Pacheco-Martínez, Martín Hernández-Marín, Albert de la Fuente-Antequera

“…This study performs an analysis of the changes in the mechanical properties of concrete (compressive strength, rupture modulus, modulus of elasticity, Poisson’s ratio, and residual stress) due to the addition of fiber-reinforced concrete (FRC) to determine the physical and mechanical conditions of the fibers that improve the concrete and its application in industrial concrete. …”
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“Birds and Power Lines” in Russia: the USSR Heritage, Modern Achievements, and Issues by Elvira G. Nikolenko, Igor V. Karyakin

“…The issue arose in the 1970s, with the adoption of the standard for PL on grounded reinforced concrete supports with pin insulators. Introduction of this standard led to the widespread bird mortality from electric shock.…”
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