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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

This work is about the 21st century reinforced concrete analysis under the point of view of its constituent materials. First of all it is described the theoretical approach of the bending elements calculated based on the ...

This work is about the 21st century reinforced concrete analysis under the point of view of its constituent materials. First of all it is described the theoretical approach of the bending elements calculated based on the ...