Evaluation of the Floor Acceleration Amplification Demand of Instrumented Buildings by Baofeng Huang, Wensheng Lu

“…The FAA demands for three groups of buildings consisting of reinforced concrete, steel, and masonry buildings were analyzed. …”
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Experiment and Simulation Study on the Dynamic Response of RC Slab under Impact Loading by Yue Wang, Jun Liu, Zhimin Xiao, Futian Zhao, Yi Cheng

“…Reinforced concrete (RC) slab is an important component in civil construction and protection engineering, and its dynamic response under impact loading is a complex mechanical problem, especially for two or multiple continuous impact loads. …”
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Damage Assessment of Two-Way Bending RC Slabs Subjected to Blast Loadings by Haokai Jia, Ling Yu, Guiying Wu

“…This study investigates the blast response and damage assessment of a two-way bending reinforced concrete (RC) slab subjected to blast loadings. …”
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An Analytical Step-by-Step Procedure to Derive the Flexural Response of RC Sections in Compression by Piero Colajanni, Marinella Fossetti, Maurizio Papia

“…This paper proposes an analysis procedure able to determine the flexural response of rectangular symmetrically reinforced concrete sections subjected to axial load and uniaxial bending. …”
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Determination of the Transport Properties of Structural Concrete Using AC Impedance Spectroscopy Techniques by Lipeng Wu, Peng Dai, Yong Li

“…All over the world, particularly in severe environmental conditions, there are reinforced concrete structures that develop nonnegligible phenomena of durability problems. …”
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Efectos de los factores de edificabilidad sobre la productividad laboral de moldajes de vigas en fundaciones The effects of buildability factors on formwork labor productivity of g... by Abdulaziz M Jarkas

“…Nonetheless, an extensive search of the literature revealed a dearth of research into its effects on in situ reinforced concrete construction, especially at the formwork trade level. …”
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Low-Cycle Flexural Fatigue Behavior of Concrete Beam Reinforced with Hybrid FRP-Steel Rebar by Jinkyo F. Choo, Young-Cheol Choi, Seung-Jun Kwon, Ki-Tae Park, Sung-Won Yoo

“…The method simulating the low-cycle behavior of the reinforced concrete beam is found to be satisfactory and can predict the number of cyclic loading to failure.…”
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Damage Detection in Different Types of 3D Asymmetric Buildings Using Vibration Characteristics by Yi Wang, Ziru Xiang, Zhenyuan Gu, Chenhui Zhu, Wangping Qian

“…Lastly, the dynamic behavior of three asymmetric building instances, including a 10-storey L-shaped structure, a 10-storey setback structure, and a 6-storey reinforced concrete structure with an unsymmetrical distribution of columns, was studied under five different damage scenarios. …”
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Assessment of Durability of Concrete Structure Subject to Carbonation with Application of Safety Factor by Seung-Woo Pack, Min Sun Jung, Jun Won Kang, Ki Yong Ann, Janghwan Kim

“…., corrosion-free life) of concrete structures subject to carbonation is described in this paper. Reinforced concrete (RC) columns located in CO2-rich urban environments were investigated to estimate their service life. …”
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Time Scale of Chloride-Induced Corrosion on Circular Section RC Linked Accelerated Test to Natural Corrosion by Yue Zhang, Fangyan Lan, Mi Zhou, Ke Wang

“…The time scale in accelerated decay is essential for studying the durability of reinforced concrete (RC) structures exposed to the chloride corrosion environment. …”
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Seismic Performance Evaluation of Footing-to-Circular RC Pier Connection Reinforced by High-Manganese Steel Bars (HMSBs) by Jung-Kyun Kim, Hak-Eun Lee, Jongmin Kim, Jiho Moon

“…A footing-to-reinforced concrete (RC) pier connection resists the lateral load induced by earthquakes as well as the gravity load. …”
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Constraint Embankment Construction to Prevent the Collapse of Underground Caves by Zhen Zhang, Zhongda Chen

“…., building 0.5 m thick continuous reinforced concrete slabs above the embankment; this measure did not contribute to the improvement of the stability of the underground caves. …”
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Cost Estimation of Structural Components of a Building by considering the Seismic Load on Different Regions by Mubarak Mubarak, Abdullah Abdullah, Azmeri Azmeri, Yulia Hayati

“…This paper aims to investigate the potential cost changes of the reinforced concrete (RC) beam and column elements as an implication of variations in seismic load received by a building constructed in different seismic areas. …”
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Experimental Investigation of Impact Response of RC Slabs with a Sandy Soil Cushion Layer by Jianli Wu, Guotao Ma, Zhenhua Zhou, Xuefeng Mei, Xiewen Hu

“…The impact response of reinforced-concrete (RC) slabs covered with a sandy soil cushion layer was investigated using an outdoor rockfall impact test platform. …”
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Ambient Vibration Based Damage Diagnosis Using Statistical Modal Filtering and Genetic Algorithm: A Bridge Case Study by S. El-Ouafi Bahlous, M. Neifar, S. El-Borgi, H. Smaoui

“…The method was then validated experimentally via ambient vibration tests conducted on full-scale reinforced concrete laboratory specimens. The main purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the feasibility of the identification method for a real bridge. …”
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Shaking Table Test of a RC Frame with EPSC Latticed Concrete Infill Wall by Baizan Tang, Xiaojun Li, Su Chen, Lihong Xiong

“…A series of shaking table tests were performed to investigate the seismic behavior of a full-scale reinforced concrete (RC) frame with EPSC latticed concrete infill wall, and data obtained from the shaking table test were analyzed. …”
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State-of-the-Art Report on Fiber-Reinforced Lightweight Aggregate Concrete Masonry by Saul Rico, Roshanak Farshidpour, Fariborz M. Tehrani

“…Previous investigations in the field of lightweight aggregate fiber-reinforced concrete have shown an increase in flexural strength, toughness, and ductility. …”
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Effect of SSI on Vibration Control of Structures with Tuned Vibration Absorbers by Said Elias

“…This paper investigates the effect of considering soil-structure interaction (SSI) in seismic responses of reinforced concrete (RC) chimneys installed by distributed tuned vibration absorbers vertically (d-MTVAs). …”
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Experimental and Theoretical Research on Shear Strength of Seismic-Damaged SRC Frame Columns Strengthened with Enveloped Steel Jackets by Chengxiang C. X. Xu, Peng S. Sheng, Chong C. Wan

“…The experimental and shear strength analytical investigations carried out on seismic-damaged steel reinforced concrete (SRC) columns strengthened with enveloped steel jacket subjected to cyclic loading are presented in this paper. …”
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Enhancement of circular RC columns using steel mesh as internal or external confinement under the influence of axial compression loading by Mohamed Emara, Mostafa S. Rizk, Heba A. Mohamed, Mahmoud Zaghlal

“…Reinforced concrete (RC) columns cannot get supreme confinement by using the customary steel stirrups reinforcement because of the requirements for the spacing distances between the stirrups in addition to concrete continuance problem. …”
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