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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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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