Experimental Study on Bond Behavior of FRP-Concrete Interface in Hygrothermal Environment by X. H. Zheng, P. Y. Huang, X. Y. Guo, J. L. Huang

“…As the technique of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite material strengthened reinforced concrete structures is widely used in the field of civil engineering, durability of the strengthened structures has attracted more attention in recent years. …”
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Finite Element Analysis of RC Beams by the Discrete Model and CBIS Model Using LS-DYNA by Seung H. Yang, Kwang S. Woo, Jeong J. Kim, Jae S. Ahn

“…There are several techniques to simulate rebar reinforced concrete, such as smeared model, discrete model, embedded model, CLIS (constrained Lagrange in solid) model, and CBIS (constrained beam in solid) model. …”
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Experimental Study on FRP-to-Concrete Bonded Joints with FRP Sheet Anchor System by Weiwen Li, Wei Liu, Xu Yang, Feng Xing

“…The FRP sheet-anchor system is applied to reinforced concrete beams strengthened with U-wrapping and side-bonded FRP configurations in few design guidelines. …”
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An Investigation of Soil Profile Depth Change on Site Response Analysis by Fatma İlknur KARA, Barış Şahin

“…The paper concludes that, for the soil profile addressed in this study, the derived design spectrum related to soil type ZE- regardless of the depth change - is conservative for all periods except the high rise buildings as well as the buildings that do not require advanced performance evaluations such as new designed reinforced concrete buildings, precast concrete buildings and steel buildings.…”
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Experimental Investigation on the Effect of Steel Fibers on the Flexural Behavior and Ductility of High-Strength Concrete Hollow Beams by Ahmmad Abbass, Sallal Abid, Mustafa Özakça

“…In this study, an experimental work was directed toward comparing the flexural behavior of solid and hollow steel fiber-reinforced concrete beams. For this purpose, eight square cross-sectional beam specimens, four solid and four hollow, were prepared. …”
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Prediction of Transverse Reinforcement of RC Columns Using Machine Learning Techniques by Congzhen Xiao, Baojuan Qiao, Jianhui Li, Zhiyong Yang, Jiannan Ding

“…Transverse reinforcement of reinforced concrete (RC) columns contributes greatly to the ductility deformation capacity of RC structures. …”
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Experimental and Numerical Investigation on Seismic Performance of RC Exterior Beam-Column Joints with Slabs by Zhimeng Wang, Jiao Huang, Zhaoqun Chang, Yongjian Lu

“…The effect of a cast-in-place slab on the beam-column joint at beam ends in reinforced concrete (RC) structures under earthquake attacks has not been fully understood, and therefore, it is not manifestly addressed to some of the design criteria or specifications. …”
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Review and comparative analysis of strength criteria for modelling non-linear behaviour of concrete by G. I. Rempel, A. M. Budarin, A. P. Dolgikh, A. A. Kamzolkin, V. N. Alekhin

“…In recent decades, numerical methods for calculating concrete and reinforced concrete structures have developed significantly, taking into account the physically nonlinear behavior of the material. …”
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Numerical Validation of Long-Term Behaviour of Reinforced Recycled Aggregate Concrete Beam by Abdulmajed Dalia Alaa Aldeen, Daud Sultan Ahmed, Alrshoudi Fahed

“…This research presents an advanced computational framework for predicting long-term deflection, crack width, and creep recovery in reinforced concrete beams incorporating recycled aggregate. …”
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Understandings on the Performance of Concrete-Filled Steel Tube with Different Kinds of Concrete Infill by K. B. Manikandan, C. Umarani

“…The types of concrete used for this study are conventional concrete, steel fiber-reinforced concrete, geopolymer concrete, and expansive concrete, respectively. …”
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Effect of Surface Shape and Content of Steel Fiber on Mechanical Properties of Concrete by Lijuan Zhang, Jun Zhao, Cunyuan Fan, Zhi Wang

“…Steel fiber reinforced concrete (SFRC) has gained popularity in the last decades attributed to the improvement of brittleness and low tensile strength of concrete. …”
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Dynamic Comfort Considerations in the Design of High-rise Buildings by Lia Balanchivadze, Beka Matithaishvili, Vladimer Kikadze

“…The following paper provides research analysis on the influence of wind on a building, considering the regional and local climate conditions, to improve dynamic stability and reduce wind disruption effects on high-rise reinforced concrete buildings. The main aspect of disturbance in living conditions is caused by wind loads on the building. …”
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Application of Energy Saving and Environmental Protection Materials in Architectural Design by Zixiang Yan

“…Building energy saving has become a major trend of global development, and then the optimal design of reinforcement selection for reinforced concrete beams based on a multiobjective genetic algorithm is discussed. …”
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Effect of corrosion and sandblasting on the high cycle fatigue behavior of reinforcing B500C steel bars by Marina C. Vasco, Panagiota Polydoropoulou, Apostolos N. Chamos, Spiros G. Pantelakis

“…In a series of applications, steel reinforced concrete structures are subjected to fatigue loads during their service life, what in most cases happens in corrosive environments. …”
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Waste Tire Particles and Gamma Radiation as Modifiers of the Mechanical Properties of Concrete by Eduardo Sadot Herrera-Sosa, Gonzalo Martínez-Barrera, Carlos Barrera-Díaz, Epifanio Cruz-Zaragoza

“…In polymer reinforced concrete, the Young’s modulus of both polymers and cement matrix is responsible for the detrimental properties of the concrete, including compressive and tensile strength, as well as stiffness. …”
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Experimental Study on Lateral Bearing Mechanical Characteristics and Damage Numerical Simulation of Micropile by Ning Liu, Yi-Xiong Huang, Bo Wu, Wei Huang

“…In order to study the lateral force characteristics and failure characteristics of micropile, laboratory tests on the flexural and tensile strength of reinforced concrete micropiles with different diameters and with or without external steel pipes were performed. …”
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A Review of the Engineering Properties of Metakaolin Based Concrete: Towards Combatting Chloride Attack in Coastal/Marine Structures by Deveshan L. Pillay, Oladimeji B. Olalusi, Paul O. Awoyera, Carlos Rondon, Ana María Echeverría, John Temitope Kolawole

“…Deterioration of reinforced concrete structures located in a coastal/marine setting can influence the safety, economic, and sustainability aspects of society. …”
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Development and Application of Urban Landslide Vulnerability Assessment Methodology Reflecting Social and Economic Variables by Yoonkyung Park, Ananta Man Singh Pradhan, Ungtae Kim, Yun-Tae Kim, Sangdan Kim

“…This study considered two popular building structure types, reinforced-concrete frame and nonreinforced-concrete frame, to assess the physical vulnerability. …”
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Experimental Investigation on the Interfacial Debonding between FRP Sheet and Concrete under Medium Strain Rate by Zihua Zhang, Yunyi Xiao, Ping Zhuge, Xiaocun Zhang

“…Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites have been widely used to strengthen the existing reinforced concrete (RC) structures to against static and dynamic loads. …”
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Influence of mineral powders on the properties of binding systems by M. Sh. Salamanova, M. R. Nakhaev

“…Multicomponent binders, “Portland cement – mineral additive”, “Portland cement – mineral additive – plasticizer” allow to expand the range of binders, to find economical practical application of resource-intensive material, to reduce energy consumption for high-temperature processing, and all this not to the detriment of the operational indicators of concrete and reinforced concrete.Materials and methods. According to the regulatory and technical documents GOST 31108, GOST 20515, it is recommended to use finely dispersed additives of both natural and anthropogenic origin as a component of binding systems, which do not have a harmful effect on the properties of cement paste and stone.Results. …”
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