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Hao Wang, Yejiao Wang and Fujie Jin
The swelling-shrinkage behavior of expansive soils under climate changes will cause the crack development, which can be destructive of expansive soil slopes. This study investigated the effect of drying/wetting cycles on the stability of an expansive soi...
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Kun Zhang, Pengbo Chang, Jianxi Ren, Zheng Liu and Ke Wang
The fractured rock mass in the western cold region is affected by freezing and thawing disasters and is prone to local damage and fracture along the fissures? ends. The fatigue damage induced by repeated frost heave and traffic loads seriously endangers ...
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Daniel Suarez-Riera, Luca Lavagna, Juan Felipe Carvajal, Jean-Marc Tulliani, Devid Falliano and Luciana Restuccia
Biochar, the solid sub-product of biomass pyrolysis, is widely considered an effective water retention material thanks to its porous microstructure and high specific surface area. This study investigates the possibility of improving both mechanical and r...
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Yangbing Cao, Qiang Yan, Sui Zhang and Fuming Cai
Shale is a common rock type that is associated with underground engineering projects, and several important factors, such as bedding structure, confining pressure, and the loading and unloading path, significantly influence the anisotropy of shale. Triax...
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Aras Dalgiç and Berivan Yilmazer Polat
Geopolymer concrete (GC), also known as green concrete, contains slag, silica fume, and fly ash as binders. The absence of cement in concrete is critical to protect the world from the environmental impacts of cement production. In addition, exposure to h...
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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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Wenbin Zhang, Yan Feng, Xiangqiang Zeng, Ming Xu, Liang Gong and Lijun Rui
A new type of assembled integral multi-ribbed composite floor system with novel wet joint and steel sleeve connections, which exhibits satisfactory strength and stiffness, was proposed in the previous study. To further study the flexural performances of ...
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Yan Xi, Junhao Xing, Jiajia Feng, Congming Ma, Xiutian Yang, Yudong Tian and Xin Liu
Cement has been widely used as a structural material in many underground projects, and these projects often face high- or ultra-high-temperature environments, leading to the deterioration of the mechanical, porosity, and permeability properties of set ce...
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Lijun Ma, Meng Sun and Yunlong Zhang
In order to facilitate waste glass recycling and enable the monitoring of concrete structures, this study prepares a new type of self-sensing engineered cementitious composite (ECC) via the use of glass sand instead of silica sand. The health monitoring ...
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