Two high-performance lightweight concrete (HPLC) mixtures with average compressive strengths of 68.5 and 75.4 MPa (9950 and 10,950 psi) were developed. Their air-dry unit weights were 1875 and 1905 kg/m(3) (117 and 119 ...

Masonry walls and columns are common structural members that typically resist compressive loads, with a number of such members being required to resist combined axial load and out-of-plane bending due to direct out-of-plane ...

In a concrete structure, there are microcracks and cracks that have expected or unexpected characteristics. These microcracks may will be the way to external agents with degradation effect. For this reason, there is a need ...

This research focused on portland blast-furnace slag cement high-performance concrete (HPC), with specified 28-day compressive strengths between 60 to 110 MPa. Compressive and flexural strength, elastic modulus, abrasion ...

This paper focuses on the reformulation of the internal functions of the performance-dependent failure criterion (PDFC) for concrete, proposed by the authors, and its validation for different concrete qualities and stress ...

In the construction sector the quality control of products and services is done through supervision of works and testing of materials that require, in most cases, modern equipment and qualified professionals, where the ...

Natural pozzolans (NP) have proven to be an effective supplementary cementitious material; however, the replacement of ordinary portland cement (OPC) with NP might increase the autogenous and drying shrinkage of concrete. ...

Structural engineers usually limit the use of HSC columns to seismic active zones because of their britle behavior in comparison with NSC, even though it presents advantages both in terms of mechanics and durability. A ...

This work analyzes the effect of temperature on the mechanical behavior up to failure of self-compacting high strength concrete specimens when subjected to three different stress paths, corresponding to the uniaxial ...