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SI: Damage Mechanics of materials and structures Views: 542 Downloads: 380 Vol. 19, No. 73 (2025) May 24, 2025 pp. 166-180

Phase-field modeling for investigating the effect of rebar positioning and uniform versus non-uniform corrosion on concrete fracture

Ba-Thanh Vu, Dac-Duc Nguyen, The-Truyen Tran, Duc-Nhiem Tran, Ngoc-Long Nguyen, Tien-Thanh Bui, Xuan-Lam Nguyen

Rebar corrosion significantly affects the overall performance and the service life of reinforced concrete (RC) structures due to the reduction in the bond strength between concrete and rebar, leading to the delamination of the concrete…

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Miscellanea Views: 915 Downloads: 694 Vol. 16, No. 61 (2022) June 19, 2022 pp. 89-107

Effects of rubber aggregates on the physical-mechanical, thermal and durability properties of self-compacting sand concrete

Faisal Abdelrahman Hashem SALEH, Nouria Kaid, Kada Ayed, Djamel-Eddine Kerdal, Nadjib Chioukh, Nordine Leklou

The aim of this research was to study the effect of incorporating waste rubber aggregates on the physical, mechanical, thermal and durability performance of Self-Compacting Sand Concrete SCSC mixtures. For this purpose, the separately…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.61.06

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SI: Steels and Composites for Engineering Structures Views: 701 Downloads: 438 Vol. 16, No. 59 (2022) December 22, 2021 pp. 254-264

The influences of the number of concrete dowels to shear resistance based on push out tests

Anh-Tuan Vu, Ngoc-Duc Han, Kien Nguyen, Dinh-Hoa Nguyen

To reduce the depth of floor-beam structures and to save the cost of headed-shear studs, many types of shallow composite beam have been developed during the last few years. Among them, the shallow-hollow steel beam consists of web…

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Structural Integrity and Durability of Structures Views: 577 Downloads: 550 Vol. 13, No. 50 (2019) August 25, 2019 pp. 300-309

Experimental Research on Fracture Behavior of Concrete after High Temperature

Peng Qiu

High-strength concrete has been widely used in various complex buildings. The fracture and mechanical properties of high-strength concrete after fire have great research value. Based on the double K fracture model, the fracture properties…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.50.25

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Analytical, computational and physical models Views: 1,353 Downloads: 765 Vol. 18, No. 69 (2024) May 10, 2024 pp. 154-180

A Numerical Study on Predicting Bond-Slip Relationship of Reinforced Concrete using Surface Based Cohesive Behavior

Minhajul Bari Prince, Debasish Sen

Overall structural integrity and load transfer between concrete and reinforcement enabling composite action relies on the bond between concrete and reinforcement. Bond strength determination of reinforced concrete is an essential task that…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.69.12

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Integrity of materials and structures Views: 890 Downloads: 339 Vol. 19, No. 72 (2025) January 9, 2025 pp. 34-45

Improved flexural behaviour of reinforced concrete beam strengthened using stainless steel wire mesh

Shail Shah, Parth Raithatha, Sunil Raiyani

The paper presents an experimental investigation of the flexural behaviour of reinforced concrete (RC) beam elements strengthened externally with stainless steel wire mesh (SSWM). SSWM has the potential to be an alternative composite…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.72.04

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SI: Structural Integrity and fatigue mechanisms: applications and recent trends Views: 556 Downloads: 544 Vol. 18, No. 69 (2024) May 11, 2024 pp. 181-191

Enhancing the flexural performance of lightweight concrete slabs with CFRP Sheets: an experimental analysis

Mustafa Khadim, Abdulkhalik Abdulridha

The flexural behavior of lightweight concrete two-way slabs is investigated in this work, with a focus on the strengthening or repairing method of externally attaching carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) sheets. Five 1000 mm by 1000 mm…

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Miscellanea Views: 622 Downloads: 426 Vol. 12, No. 46 (2018) September 27, 2018 pp. 352-360

Experimental study on concrete damage location by Computerized tomography and Acoustic Emission technology

Jinghong Liu, Jian Xie, Yongjian Liu, Panfei Shi

In order to solve the technical problem of damage localization in the concrete damage process, the Computerized Tomography (CT) scanning test and Acoustic Emission (AE) damage localization test was carried out under uniaxial compression.…

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Fatigue and Fracture of non metallic materials Views: 777 Downloads: 556 Vol. 18, No. 67 (2024) December 17, 2023 pp. 24-42

The effect of beam width and crack-depth ratio on mode I fracture toughness of RCB: an experimental and numerical study

Seleem Ahmad, Ghada Gamiaa, Abd El-Monem El-Kholy

In the present work, the fracture performance of pre-cracked reinforced concrete beams was investigated numerically and experimentally. Experimental and numerical programs were designed to examine the effect of beam width, b, (120 and 250…

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Analytical, computational and physical models Views: 722 Downloads: 604 Vol. 19, No. 73 (2025) April 10, 2025 pp. 23-40

Size Effect in Concrete Beams: A Numerical Investigation Based on the Size Effect Law

H. S. Vishwanatha, S. Muralidhara, B. K. Raghu Prasad

The size effect significantly influences the structural design of concrete elements, particularly when applying fracture mechanics principles. As structural dimensions increase, a significant outcome of the size effect is the decline in…

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Miscellanea Views: 1,808 Downloads: 987 Vol. 12, No. 44 (2018) March 18, 2018 pp. 16-24

Experimental study of the effect of water-cement ratio on compressive strength, abrasion resistance, porosity and permeability of Nano silica concrete

Kamal Rahmani, Belal Rahmanzadeh, Saber Piroti

The effect of water-cement ratio on abrasion resistance, porosity and hydraulic conductivity coefficient of Nano silica concrete have been studied in this research (paper). The compressive strength of concrete in a particular temperature…

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Miscellanea Views: 1,174 Downloads: 685 Vol. 9, No. 31 (2015) December 17, 2014 pp. pages 38-53

The influence of fibre orientation on the post-cracking tensile behaviour of steel fibre reinforced self-compacting concrete

A. Abrishambaf, V.M.C.F. Cunha, J.A.O. Barros

Adding fibres to concrete provides several advantages, especially in terms of controlling the crack opening width and propagation after the cracking onset. However, distribution and orientation of the fibres toward the active crack plane…

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Integrity of materials and structures Views: 537 Downloads: 195 Vol. 20, No. 75 (2026) December 11, 2025 pp. 399-434

Reduction of Cracks in Concrete Slabs by Incorporating Synthetic Polypropylene Fiber

Max Ramos, Edwin Parillo

In Peru, research on cracking in concrete slabs has been limited, partly due to the perception that cracks do not pose an immediate problem. However, their cumulative effect over the long term can compromise structural durability…

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Miscellanea Views: 1,679 Downloads: 522 Vol. 9, No. 34 (2015) September 28, 2015

Experimental analysis of crack evolution in concrete by the acoustic emission technique

J. Saliba, A. Loukili, J.P. Regoin, D. Grégoire, L. Verdon, G. Pijaudier-Cabot

The fracture process zone (FPZ) was investigated on unnotched and notched beams with different notch depths. Three point bending tests were realized on plain concrete under crack mouth opening displacement (CMOD) control. Crack growth was…

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Miscellanea Views: 1,376 Downloads: 378 Vol. 8, No. 29 (2014) July 9, 2014 pp. pages 209-221

Limit analysis on FRP-strengthened RC members

D. De Domenico, A.A. Pisano, P. Fuschi

Reinforced concrete (RC) members strengthened with externally bonded fiber-reinforced-polymer (FRP) plates are numerically investigated by a plasticity-based limit analysis approach. The key-concept of the present approach is to adopt…

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Integrity of materials and structures Views: 489 Downloads: 317 Vol. 19, No. 72 (2025) March 12, 2025 pp. 193-210

Structural behavior of GFRP-concrete composite beams

Ata El-kareim Shoeib, Mohammed Abdel-Rahman M. Khalil, Alaa Gamal Sheriff, Mohammed Salem

Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) I-sections offer a promising alternative to traditional steel reinforcement due to their reduced weight and maintenance requirements. This study aims to optimize the design of GFRP-reinforced composite…

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Reliability and Life Extension of Components Views: 765 Downloads: 655 Vol. 14, No. 54 (2020) September 23, 2020 pp. 282-296

Numerical analysis of reinforced concrete beams pre cracked reinforced by composite materials

Fatima Benaoum, Foudil Khelil, Ali Benhamena

This work constitutes a contribution to the analysis of the behavior of beams reinforced by composite materials. The analysis was made by a study on concrete elements, and in pre-cracked reinforced concrete then reinforced with carbon…

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Reliability and Life Extension of Components Views: 801 Downloads: 565 Vol. 14, No. 51 (2020) November 14, 2019 pp. 136-150

Reliability-Based Design of Reinforced Concrete Beams for Simultaneous Bending, Shear, and Torsion Loadings

Faezeh Jafari, Jalal Akbari

Designing structural members is targeted in resisting against the loads such that the safety of considered structure is maintained regarding different conditions of loading. The method existing in ACI guideline is considered using load and…

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Integrity of materials and structures Views: 752 Downloads: 432 Vol. 19, No. 71 (2025) December 8, 2024 pp. 317-329

Reuse of sheep wool fibers in the production of ultralightweight foamed concrete: effect of fiber treatment, length, and content on the mechanical properties

Devid Falliano

Concrete is one of the most widely used materials in the world. Still, its production processes, energy consumption, and high use of raw materials make it one of the most environmentally harmful materials. This study aims to enhance the…

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Miscellanea Views: 1,261 Downloads: 818 Vol. 6, No. 22 (2012) September 30, 2012 pp. pages 26-30

Natural minerals mixture for enhancing concrete compressive strength

Abdoullah Namdar

The construction material quality is required to be improved in order to enhancing structure stability, optimizing construction cost and quality. The kaolin and bentonite have been mixed in equal quantity and treated by heat for 1 hour…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.22.04

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Miscellanea Views: 887 Downloads: 766 Vol. 10, No. 35 (2016) December 29, 2015 pp. pages 278-284

Implementation of a damage model in a finite element program for computation of structures under dynamic loading

Nasserdine Oudni, Youcef Bouafia

This work is a numerical simulation of nonlinear problems of the damage process and fracture of quasi-brittle materials especially concrete. In this study, we model the macroscopic behavior of concrete material, taking into account the…

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Miscellanea Views: 1,782 Downloads: 794 Vol. 8, No. 30 (2014) September 8, 2014 pp. pages 383-393

Determining fracture energy parameters of concrete from the modified compact tension test

A. Fernández-Canteli, L. Castañón, B. Nieto, M. Lozano, T. Holušová, S. Seitl

The modified compact tension (MCT) test, though not yet recognized as a valid test for determining fracture energy of concrete, is believed to represent a plausible and suitable alternative versus other well established procedures, such as…

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Damage mechanics Views: 821 Downloads: 724 Vol. 18, No. 68 (2024) February 15, 2024 pp. 77-93

Exploring strength and ductility responses of beam-column joints using UHPC and UHPFRC employing concrete damaged plasticity

Guilherme Santos da Silveira, Carlos Natã Zenatti, Gustavo de Miranda Saleme Gidrão, Rúbia Mara Bosse, Paulo Rogério Novak

Structures subjected to severe loads, such as earthquakes, often develop cracks at the beam-column joints, underscoring the significance of these regions in design. This study focuses on a comparative analysis of beam-column joints…

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Fracture Views: 1,043 Downloads: 697 Vol. 17, No. 64 (2023) March 21, 2023 pp. 148-170

Experimental and numerical investigations of the flexural behaviour ‎of Green - Ultra High Performance Fiber Reinforced Concrete ‎beams under repeated loads

Ayman Abdo, Ramadan Asker, Dina Atif sobhy, Sayed Ahmed

There are various benefits to ultra-high-performance fiber-reinforced concrete ‎‎(UHPFRC). However, using a lot of cement in this type of concrete has a severe disadvantage since it causes pollution and several environmental concerns.…

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Advanced Manufacturing and Processing Views: 950 Downloads: 664 Vol. 16, No. 62 (2022) September 22, 2022 pp. 194-211

Microstructure characterization of sustainable light weight concrete using trapped air additions.

Said Maaty, Ahmed Elshami, Fryal Kamel

Light-weight aggregate and trapped air additions (TAD) affect concrete performance and lead to the production of light-weight concrete (LWC). In this research, fourteen mixes were designed to study the effects of TAD type and content and…

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Miscellanea Views: 1,508 Downloads: 972 Vol. 10, No. 36 (2016) March 22, 2016 pp. Pages 130-138

Improvement of performance of ultra-high performance concrete based composite material added with nano materials

Pang Jinchang, Liu Ronggui

Ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC), a kind of composite material characterized by ultra high strength, high toughness and high durability. It has a wide application prospect in engineering practice. But there are some defects in…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.36.13

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Miscellanea Views: 959 Downloads: 518 Vol. 9, No. 33 (2015) June 19, 2015 pp. pages 105-110

Gradient-enriched linear-elastic tip stresses to perform the highcycle fatigue assessment of notched plain concrete

C. Bagni, H. Askes, L. Susmel

Gradient Elasticity (GE) allows the stress analysis to be performed by taking into account the size of the dominant source of microstructural heterogeneity via a suitable length scale parameter. This is done by simply assuming that the…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.33.14

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Analytical, Numerical and Physical Models Views: 772 Downloads: 513 Vol. 13, No. 50 (2019) August 25, 2019 pp. 209-230

Finite Element Analysis and ANFIS investigation of seismic behavior of sandwich panels with different concrete material in two story steel building

Faezeh Jafari, Baitollah Badarloo

This study aimed to apply sandwich panel in a two-story steel building to improve its behavior. Sandwich concrete panels consist of three basic components including wires, insulating layer and concrete cover. This research studied the…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.50.18

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Structural Integrity and Durability of Structures Views: 915 Downloads: 667 Vol. 15, No. 58 (2021) September 25, 2021 pp. 33-47

Wavelet-based multiresolution analysis coupled with deep learning to efficiently monitor cracks in concrete

Ahcene Arbaoui, Abdeldjalil Ouahabi, Sebastien Jacques, Madina Hamiane

This paper proposes an efficient methodology to monitor the formation of cracks in concrete after non-destructive ultrasonic testing of a structure. The objective is to be able to automatically detect the initiation of cracks early enough…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.58.03

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Structural Integrity and Durability of Structures Views: 581 Downloads: 451 Vol. 14, No. 54 (2020) September 23, 2020

On the lumped damage modelling of reinforced concrete beams and arches

Thalyson Brito, Danilo Santos, Fabio Santos, Rafael Cunha, David Amorim

The analysis of reinforced concrete structures can be performed by means of experiments or numerical studies. The first way is usually quite expensive, so the second one sometimes is a good option to understand the physical behaviour of…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.54.01

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Fatigue and Fracture of non metallic materials Views: 534 Downloads: 531 Vol. 20, No. 75 (2026) October 31, 2025 pp. 200-212

A novel procedure for accurately measuring the Mode II fracture toughness of steel fiber reinforced self-compacting concrete

Mennat-Allah Hossam El-Din, Mohamed Moawad, Seleem Ahmad, Ramy M. Reda

Most research on the mode II fracture toughness of fiber-reinforced concrete (FRC) has intentionally avoided bridging fibers at pre-notch surfaces by using a through-thickness crack (TTC) that cuts the entire thickness, including fibers in…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.75.14

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Miscellanea Views: 723 Downloads: 579 Vol. 16, No. 59 (2022) December 22, 2021 pp. 566-579

Analysis of workability, mechanical strength and durability by the FT-IR method of concrete based on silica-limestone sand preserved in aggressive environments

Hima Abdelkader, Tarek Djedid, Mohammed Mani, Abdelhamid Guettala

The interest of using combined sand of equal percentage of silica and limestone becomes evident in the formulation of compacted concrete in several previous works around the world, due to the formidable percentage of fines that improves…

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Fracture Views: 687 Downloads: 571 Vol. 15, No. 56 (2021) March 28, 2021 pp. 151-159

Effects of coarse sand dosage on the physic-mechanical behavior of sand concrete

Saloua Melais, Meriem Fakhreddine Bouali, Ahmed Melaikia, Amine Amirat

The development and research of a new formulation of concrete integrating natural resources such as sands (from dunes and/or quarries) as well as waste from steel factories in the form of granulated slag from blast furnaces lead to the…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.56.12

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SI: Research activities of the Greek Society of Experimental Mechanics of Materi Views: 1,057 Downloads: 525 Vol. 13, No. 50 (2019) September 2, 2019 pp. 423-437

Effect of fly ash on the corrosion performance and structural integrity of stainless steel concrete rebars in acid rain and saline environments

Angeliki Lekatou, Sofia Tsouli, Christos Nikolaidis, Spyridon Kleftakis, Ilias Tragazikis, Theodoros Matikas

The corrosion behavior of 304L stainless steel rebars in an alkaline solution simulating new concrete subjected to acid rain attack and a mildly to slightly acidic solution simulating corroded cover concrete that exposed the reinforcement…

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Fracture Views: 850 Downloads: 611 Vol. 15, No. 55 (2021) December 28, 2020 pp. 50-64

Experimental characterization of a new sustainable sand concrete in an aggressive environment

Mohammed Mani, Meriem Fakhreddine Bouali, Abdelouahed Kriker, Abdelkader Hima

The scarcity of building materials and the shortage of coarse aggregates which represents the main component of concrete is a problem in the most third world countries, especially in the vast desert areas in Algeria. In desert conditions…

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Miscellanea Views: 1,225 Downloads: 524 Vol. 11, No. 42 (2017) September 29, 2017 pp. Pages 249-262

Experimental evaluation of steel fiber effect on mechanical properties of steel fiber-reinforced cement matrix

Ali Jadidi, Milad Amiri, Ehsanollah Zeighami

This paper investigates the possibility of combining steel fibers with different weight percentages along with their functions in increasing compressive strength, indirect tensile strength and bending strength. In this study, two types of…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.42.27

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Structural Integrity and Durability of Structures Views: 873 Downloads: 797 Vol. 17, No. 65 (2023) June 22, 2023 pp. 1-16

Glass Fiber for Improved Behavior of Light Expanded Clay Aggregate Concrete Beams: An Experimental Study

Louay Aboul Nour, Mariam Gamal, Amr Ghoniem

Concrete developed from light expanded clay aggregate (LECA) and glass fiber has good performance, durability, and sustainability. Towards this, the experimental investigation was designed to study cubes, cylinders, and simply supported…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.65.01

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SI: Crack Paths - CP2024 Views: 500 Downloads: 404 Vol. 19, No. 73 (2025) May 14, 2025 pp. 131-138

Parametric study on the effect of anchor’s geometry on the stress distribution and crack initiation direction in a concrete body

Lucie Malikova, Petr Miarka

This work deals with investigations of the stress field distribution around a steel anchor embedded in a concrete. Tensile loading - pulling force of the steel anchor is considered, which is very often connected to concrete cone failure.…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.73.09

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Miscellanea Views: 1,183 Downloads: 744 Vol. 10, No. 38 (2016) pp. Pages 339-350

Process of cracking in reinforced concrete beams (simulation and experiment)

I. N. Shardakov, A. P. Shestakov, I.O. Glot, A.A. Bykov

The paper presents the results of experimental and theoretical investigations of the mechanisms of crack formation in reinforced concrete beams subjected to quasi-static bending. The boundary-value problem has been formulated in the…

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Integrity of materials and structures Views: 973 Downloads: 485 Vol. 19, No. 71 (2025) November 7, 2024 pp. 194-210

Investigating the repair of cracks through bacterial self-healing for sustainable concrete in aggressive sulfate attack environments

Seleem Ahmad, Yasmine Elmenshawy, Yasser Osman El Gammal, Hamees Mohamad El-Sheikh, Mohamed Moawad, Ahmed A. Elshami, Mohamed A.R. Elmahdy

Concrete completely submerged in sulfate solutions has been used as the primary study subject for the durability of concrete subjected to sulfates. On the other hand, empirical data from the field indicates that concrete exposed to…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.71.14

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Analytical, computational and physical models Views: 595 Downloads: 261 Vol. 19, No. 73 (2025) May 11, 2025 pp. 88-107

A study on the crack presence effect on dynamical behavior of higher-order Quasi-3D composite steel-polymer concrete box section beams via DQFEM

Nassim Laouche, Ahmed Saimi, Ismail Bensaid, Mouloud Dahmane, Hassen Ait Atmane

This paper presents a dynamic and critical buckling analysis of the presence of a crack of steel-polymer concrete composite beams modelled using a refined quasi 3D beam theory. The beam model is a hollow steel box section filled with a…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.73.07

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Structural Integrity and Durability of Structures Views: 814 Downloads: 573 Vol. 17, No. 64 (2023) March 21, 2023 pp. 1-10

Degradation of the first frequency of an RC frame with damage levels

Quy Nguyen, Ramazan Livaoğlu

Damage in RC structures causes the degradation of stiffness and frequency parameters. In this study, the relationship between the two coefficients and damage severities is numerically investigated considering a three-dimensional (3D)…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.64.01

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Miscellanea Views: 653 Downloads: 554 Vol. 10, No. 38 (2016) pp. Pages 331-338

Delamination of carbon-fiber strengthening layer from concrete beam during deformation (infrared thermography)

I. N. Shardakov, A. P. Shestakov, A.A. Bykov

Technology of strengthening reinforced concrete structures with composite materials has found wide application. The effectiveness of strengthening of concrete structures with externally bonded reinforcement is supported by a great deal of…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.38.43

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Structural Integrity and Durability of Structures Views: 822 Downloads: 833 Vol. 16, No. 61 (2022) June 19, 2022 pp. 294-307

Effect of reinforcement type on structural behavior of RC beams containing recycled aggregate

Rasha Elsadany, Sherif H. Al-Tersawy, Hossam El-Din M. Sallam

Concrete containing wastes from the demolition of old deteriorated buildings are produced enormously. Concrete is a brittle matrix that is usually reinforced by ductile reinforcement such as steel bars. However, due to the susceptibility…

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Miscellanea Views: 588 Downloads: 410 Vol. 12, No. 46 (2018) September 27, 2018 pp. 361-370

Stress performance of embedded carbon fiber reinforced plastics plate consolidated reinforced concrete structure

Hua Zhu

With the development of the building industry, various novel building materials have emerged. Modern buildings requires higher on performance of building materials, and the performance of old buildings has not been able to keep up the pace…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.46.33

Details: Stress performance of embedded carbon fiber reinforced plastics plate consolidated reinforced concrete structure PDF Visual Abstract

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SI: Research activities of the Greek Society of Experimental Mechanics of Materi Views: 1,501 Downloads: 808 Vol. 13, No. 50 (2019) September 2, 2019 pp. 526-536

Use of by-products for partial replacement of 3D printed concrete constituents; rheology, strength and shrinkage performance

Michail Papachristoforou, Vasilios Mitsopoulos, Maria Stefanidou

In this paper, fly ash, ladle furnace slag and limestone filler were utilized in concrete used as material for additive manufacturing (3D printing). Fly ash and ladle furnace slag were used as a replacement of cement (30% wt.) and…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.50.44

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Failure Analysis, Case Studies and Forensic Engineering Views: 1,014 Downloads: 660 Vol. 16, No. 61 (2022) June 19, 2022 pp. 198-213

An experimental study and a proposed theoretical solution for the prediction of the ductile/brittle failure modes of reinforced concrete beams strengthened with external steel plates

Hau Nguyen Van, Thanh Bui Tien, Phe Pham Van, Long Nguyen-ngoc

An experimental study and a proposed theoretical solution are conducted in the present study to investigate the ductile/brittle failure mode of reinforced concrete beams strengthened with an external steel plate. The present experimental…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.61.13

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SI: Crack Paths Views: 961 Downloads: 553 Vol. 13, No. 48 (2019) March 3, 2019 pp. 419-428

Investigation on fracture processes of concrete

Sonali Bhowmik, Sandeep Dubey, Sonalisa Ray

Series of geometrically similar concrete beam of small, medium and large beam sizes has been tested under the action of monotonic and fatigue loading. Digital image correlation technique has been utilized to understand the fracture…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.48.40

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Structural Integrity and Durability of Structures Views: 661 Downloads: 401 Vol. 16, No. 60 (2022) March 25, 2022 pp. 363-379

Experimental analysis of short concrete column under hygrothermo-mechanical accelerated aging

Nacera Hassani, Hocine Dehmous

Concrete was considered to be very durable material for a long time. However many constructions have shown degradations during their service life. To ensure safety, stability and serviceability of civil engineering structures…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.60.25

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SI: Structural Integrity and Safety: Experimental and Numerical Perspectives Views: 1,098 Downloads: 610 Vol. 14, No. 52 (2020) March 4, 2020 pp. 197-210

Effect of concrete cover thickness and main reinforcement ratio on flexural behavior of RC beams strengthened by NSM-GFRP bars

Hesham EL-Emam, Alaa El-Sisi, Ramy Reda, Mohamed Bneni, Mohamed Seleem

Experimental and numerical programs were invoked to investigate the effect of concrete cover and area of main steel reinforcement on the flexural behavior of strengthened RC beams by near-surface mounted glass fiber reinforced polymeric…

10.3221/IGF-ESIS.52.16

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