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Andrea Armonico, Laurent Michel, Mohamed Saidi and Emmanuel Ferrier
This paper examines the cracking behaviour of reinforced concrete beams strengthened by externally bonded fiber-reinforced polymer. The crack opening of RC structures is a key parameter for the durability of concrete structures. It is of vital importance...
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?iga Unuk and Milan Kuhta
A nonlinear semi-numeric and finite element analysis of three-point bending tests of notched polymer fiber-reinforced concrete prisms was performed. The computational and experimental results were compared in terms of the load-displacement behavior. The ...
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Sadiq Gbagba, Lorenzo Maccioni and Franco Concli
In the shipbuilding, construction, automotive, and aerospace industries, welding is still a crucial manufacturing process because it can be utilized to create massive, intricate structures with exact dimensional specifications. These kinds of structures ...
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George Xiroudakis, George Saratsis and Ilias Lazos
This paper uses the displacement discontinuity method, one of the boundary element methods, to solve two major engineering problems. The first one addresses the safe design of underground excavations in fractured rock masses. The implemented method was u...
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Oleg Kabantsev and Mikhail Kovalev
The article presents experimental tests carried out to investigate the effect of crack width (0.4, 0.8, 1.5, and 3.0 mm) on the behavior of anchor bolts under static and dynamic loading. Ultimate loads for anchors reached 220 kN depending on the anchor t...
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Xiaoqing Lu and Guanxi Yan
Most semi-circular bend (SCB) tests on concrete have been conducted with a pre-crack with a straight-through tip, thereby undermining the determination of the tensile fracture toughness (KIc). Therefore, the present study involved mixed-mode (tensile?she...
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Ho Choi, Chunri Quan and Kiwoong Jin
This study focused on the in-plane rocking behavior of unreinforced masonry (URM) walls. Three URM wall specimens were designed and fabricated based on a typical masonry house in Korea. The experimental parameters were the layout of openings (its presenc...
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Yury Solyaev
The elastodynamic stress field near a crack tip propagating at a constant speed in isotropic quasi-brittle material was investigated, taking into account the strain gradient and inertia gradient effects. An asymptotic solution for a steady-state Mode-I c...
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Sabine Upnere, Iveta Novakova, Normunds Jekabsons, Andrejs Krasnikovs and Arturs Macanovskis
Concrete is a widely used material in various industries, including hazardous waste management. At the same time, its production creates a significant carbon footprint. Therefore, intensive research is being conducted to create more eco-friendly concrete...
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Wenwen Liang, Lingye Leng, Hao Tian, Xiao Tian and Caihong Zhang
Clarifying the origins of fractures and adopting acceptable repair plans are crucial for the design, maintenance, and safe operation of concrete gravity dams. In this research, numerical simulation is largely utilized to investigate the reasons for fract...
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