Structural Fatigue Life Monitoring with Piezoelectric-Based Sensors: Fundamentals, Current Advances, and Future Directions by Aliakbar Ghaderiaram, Erik Schlangen, Mohammad Fotouhi

“…Case studies are presented, highlighting applications of fatigue life monitoring in metals, polymeric composites, and reinforced concrete structures. The paper concludes by identifying challenges and opportunities for advancing piezoelectric-based sensors for fatigue life monitoring in engineering structures.…”
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Combined Effect of Vertical and Horizontal Ground Motions on Failure Probability of RC Chimneys by Xuan Guo, Wei Chen, Jianbing Yu

“…Studies have focused on the seismic behavior of reinforced concrete (RC) chimney structures subjected to earthquake load only along the horizontal direction. …”
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Full-Scale Laboratory Test of Cutting Large-Diameter Piles Directly by Shield Cutterhead by Yuqing Wang, Xinyu Wang, Yangyang Xiong, Zhuangzhi Yang, Jie Zhang

“…Based on the TBM tunnel of Red Line of Tel Aviv in Israel, this paper carried out laboratory tests of shield cutting concrete and reinforced concrete piles and investigated cutting performance of cutter, failure model of rebars, length of damaged rebars, and cutter vibration. …”
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Degradation of the first frequency of an RC frame with damage levels by Quy Nguyen, Ramazan Livaoğlu

“…In this study, the relationship between the two coefficients and damage severities is numerically investigated considering a three-dimensional (3D) reinforced concrete (RC) frame in which the concrete damage plasticity model (CDPM) and the elastoplastic model are selected to define concrete and reinforcement materials, respectively. …”
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Simulation of Chloride Diffusion in Cracked Concrete with Different Crack Patterns by Xiao-Yong Wang, Li-Na Zhang

“…Chloride-induced corrosion of steel rebar is one of the primary durability problems for reinforced concrete structures in marine environment. Furthermore, if the surfaces of concrete structures have cracks, additional chloride can penetrate into concrete through cracked zone. …”
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Experimental Investigation on the Effect of Rubber Powder on Mechanical Properties of PVA Fiber Concrete by Linling Ma, Bin Wang, Lei Zeng, Yunfeng Xiao, Heng Zhang, Zhen Li

“…To verify the damping improvement by replacing partial sand with rubber powder in the concrete process, this study investigated the effects of the rubber powder (5%, 10%, 15%, and 20%) on the mechanical properties and micromechanism of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) fiber-reinforced concrete. In addition, in order to discuss its damping performance, free vibration test was conducted. …”
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Slope Stability Using Self-Drilling Anchor Rods by Bulko Roman, Mužík Juraj, Cigáň Filip

“…Using numerical modeling through AutoCad and Plaxis 2D, we evaluate the stability of the slope and the effectiveness of the micropile-reinforced concrete beam system. The φ-c reduction method was employed to assess the safety factor, showing that the spatial arrangement of micropiles enhances slope stability significantly. …”
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Adaptive reuse of modern heritage for cultural purpose: Hybridization strategies in Pier Luigi Nervi Hangar, Italy by Pasquale Cucco, Giulia Neri, Federica Ribera

“…This paper delves into a case study focusing on the hybridization project of a pivotal piece of Italian engineering history: the 1938 hangar designed by Pier Luigi Nervi in Salerno, Italy, a groundbreaking prefabricated reinforced concrete structure. The study faces the dual challenge of preserving the hangar’s cultural and technological heritage while seamlessly integrating contemporary cultural functions alongside its military roots. …”
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Fire Resistance Investigation of Simple Supported RC Beams with Varying Reinforcement Configurations by Yamin Song, Chuanguo Fu, Shuting Liang, Ankang Yin, Longji Dang

“…To investigate fire-resistance behaviors of simple supported reinforced concrete (RC) beams with three faces exposed to fire, six full-scale specimens were designed in accordance with the principle of “strong bending and weak shearing.” …”
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Seismic Response Reduction of Structures Equipped with a Voided Biaxial Slab-Based Tuned Rolling Mass Damper by Shujin Li, Liming Fu, Fan Kong

“…The hollow slabs in this context, also referred to as “voided biaxial reinforced concrete slabs,” feature a large interior space of prefabricated voided modules that are necessary in the construction of this special structural system. …”
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Investigation of Nonlinear Behaviour of Semiburied Cylindrical Concrete Reservoir without Dynamic Load Effect by Mazhar Fatahi, Mahdi Meftah Halghi, Mehran Soltani Tehrani

“…Reservoirs with prestressed concrete show less flexibility compared to reinforced concrete reservoir. Finally, it is resulted that displacement, base shear, and wave height obtained from time history analysis are more than those of response spectrum analysis, indicating insufficiency of response spectrum analysis.…”
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Bond Effects between Concrete and Steel Bar Using Different Diameter Bars and Different Initial Crack Width by Papa Niane Faye, Yinghua Ye, Bo Diao

“…The importance of an accurate simulation of service conditions in the bond performance of reinforced concrete structures in coastal regions is highlighted. …”
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Shear Strengthening of RC Deep Beams with Symmetrically or Asymmetrically Positioned Square Openings Using CFRP Composites and Steel Protective Frames by Hamid Karimizadeh, Abolfazl Arabzadeh, Mohammad Reza Eftekhar, Asghar Amani Dashlejeh

“…This study utilizes carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites and steel protective frames (SPF) as strengthening configurations in reinforced concrete (RC) deep beams to improve the strength lost due to the square openings. …”
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Column Strengthening with TRC: Influences of the Column Geometry onto the Confinement Effect by Regine Ortlepp, Andy Lorenz, Manfred Curbach

“…The increase of the load-carrying capacity of columns being reinforced with Textile Reinforced Concrete (TRC) is partly achieved by the additional concrete cover. …”
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Examination of Building Fires Occurred in Artvin City Center Between 2013-2017 by İlknur Bekem Kara

“…It was seen that 51% of the burning buildings were reinforced concrete and 27% were made of wood; fires in public buildings were 10.5% of all building fires; 10% of the public buildings that the firefighters intervened in all fire incidents were completely burned while 34% of private buildings were completely burned; the first place for the reasons in output of private building fires was the "electricity contact"; in the building fires, 1 person lost his/her life and the financial loss arising from building fires was 3.739.000 TL.…”
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Simplified Data-Driven Model for the Moment Curvature of T-Shaped RC Shear Walls by Bin Wang, Wenzhe Cai, Qingxuan Shi

“…Such simple expressions will be valuable for the determination of the displacement response of asymmetric flanged reinforced concrete walls.…”
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Predicting GPR Signals from Concrete Structures Using Artificial Intelligence-Based Method by Wael Zatar, Tu T. Nguyen, Hai Nguyen

“…This paper presents the application of an Artificial Intelligence-based method in analyzing the effects of environmental conditions, chloride contamination in concrete, and surface corrosion of rebars on the amplitude of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) signals. Six reinforced concrete slabs with different chloride contamination mixtures were fabricated and tested. …”
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The Seismic Design Process of RC Column Components in SDOF System considering the Earthquake Duration Effect by Yukui Wang, Dan Zhang, Jing Liu, Zhangqi Hu, Dou Zhong

“…In order to study seismic design process of RC (reinforced concrete) column components considering the effect of earthquake duration, the degradation law of capacity under random amplitude hysteresis history was conducted by the research group, and the estimation method for the energy dissipation capacity of RC column components was suggested. …”
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A Modeling Strategy for Predicting the Response of Steel Plate-Concrete Composite Walls by Mohammad Sadegh Barkhordari

“…Steel plate-concrete composite (SCC) walls have been regarded as an alternative to reinforced concrete walls in terms of seismic performance and constructability. …”
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Studies on the RC Beam Strengthened by Using the Exterior-Wrapping U-Shaped Steel Plate and Its Application by Chunli Zhou, Jinkun Sun, Zhaorong Zeng, Jie Liu

“…Based on practical frame structures, constructional methods of the reinforced concrete (RC) frame beam strengthened by using an exterior-wrapping U-shaped steel plate are introduced. …”
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