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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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Zhuang Wang, Bing Wang, Haozhe Jiang and Ping Zhuge
To investigate the influence of external prestressing with carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) tendons on the flexural and shear performance of reinforced concrete beams, a total of six simply supported beams with a length of 3.5 m and two two-span co...
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Yasar Ameer Ali, Lateef Najeh Assi, Hussein Abas, Hussein R. Taresh, Canh N. Dang and SeyedAli Ghahari
Reinforced concrete deep beams are a vital member of infrastructures such as bridges, shear walls, and foundation pile caps. Thousands of dollars and human lives are seriously threatened due to shear failure, which have developed in deep beams containing...
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Kyung-Rae Koo, Hyun-Guk Kim, Dong-Geon Kim, Seong-Cheol Kwon and Hyun-Ung Oh
In the launch environment, satellites are subjected to severe dynamic loads. These dynamic loads in the launch environment can lead to the malfunction of the payload, or to mission failure. In order to improve the structural stability of satellites and e...
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Nima Khodadadi, Ehsan Harati, Francisco De Caso and Antonio Nanni
This article highlights the absence of published paradigms hybridized by The Cuckoo Search (CS) and Stochastic Paint Optimizer (SPO) for optimizing truss structures using composite materials under natural frequency constraints. The article proposes a nov...
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Noaman Mohammed Ridha Dabbagh, Ahmed W. Al Zand, Mohammed Chyad Liejy, Mohammad Ansari, Wadhah M. Tawfeeq, Wan Hamidon Wan Badaruzzaman, A. B. M. A. Kaish and Zaher Mundher Yaseen
Recently, the adoption of recycled concrete instead of normal concrete as infill material in tubular stainless steel members has received great attention from researchers regarding environmental improvement. However, the flexural behavior of recycled con...
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Panuwat Joyklad, Hafiz Ahmad Waqas, Abdul Hafeez, Nazam Ali, Ali Ejaz, Qudeer Hussain, Kaffayatullah Khan, Arissaman Sangthongtong and Panumas Saingam
Many masonry structures are constructed with cement clay interlocking brick (CCIB) due to its added benefits. Recent research has demonstrated the vulnerability of brick masonry walls against seismic loading. Various strengthening materials and technique...
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Sajjad Sayyar Roudsari, Liviu Marian Ungureanu, Soheil Soroushnia, Taher Abu-Lebdeh and Florian Ion Tiberiu Petrescu
The ductility and strength of reinforced concrete (RC) columns could be noticeably improved by replacing steel bars with polymeric bars. Despite the previous research on RC columns, most of those studies focused only on the lateral load capacity of this ...
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Daoyong Wang, Bo Song, Shuo Diao, Chao Wang and Chenhu Lu
Global warming makes many countries pay more attention to the use of wind energy. With the development of offshore wind power generation, the offshore wind turbine tower is facing the dual effects of marine corrosion and earthquake. The purpose of this p...
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Ahmed Khalil, Mohamed Elkafrawy, Wael Abuzaid, Rami Hawileh and Mohammad AlHamaydeh
The iron-based shape memory alloy (Fe-SMA) has promising applications in strengthening and repairing aged steel-reinforced concrete structural elements. Fe-SMA bars can produce pre-stressing forces on reinforced concrete members by activating their shape...
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