Browsing by Subject "Concrete"
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Characterization of concrete by calibrating thermo-hydraulic multiphase flow models
(2015-08-01)
Article
Open AccessEvaporation tests in concrete columns have been analysed by numerical models to characterize the thermo-hydraulic properties and the processes in concrete. Two evaporation tests were performed: a column heated by a lamp ... -
Classificació i anàlisi de l'aplicabilitat d'àrids reciclats
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2011-02-17)
Minor thesis
Open AccessEl treball de recerca dut a terme consisteix en l'anàlisi del disseny i la producció de les plantes de reciclatge més importants existents a Catalunya. Es va realitzar la caracterització de tots els àrids produïts per ... -
Comportament a flexió de les lloses mixtes convencionals acer-formigó en fase constructiva
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2019-06)
Bachelor thesis
Restricted access - author's decisionEn aquest document s’estudia el comportament en fase constructiva d’una xapa nervada d’acer per a lloses mixtes d’acer-formigó. S’explica de manera detallada com s’ha caracteritzat la resistència a la combinació de ... -
Comprovació de les teories de dosificació de Fuller i Bolomey
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2017-10-05)
Bachelor thesis
Open AccessEl formigó és un dels materials més importants en la construcció, ja que és de gran utilitat al ser molt polivalent. La recerca de nous materials avança i la millora d’altres encara està en procés. És per això que es fa ... -
Computational modeling of external sulfate attack in concrete at the meso-level
(2009)
Conference report
Restricted access - author's decisionThis paper presents recent work by the authors along the domain of coupled chemo-mechanical problems in concrete. External sulfate attack is analyzed from a mesoscale point of view, in which the main heterogeneities of ... -
Concrete in the education of the architect Antoni Gaudí
(Ceská Betonárská Spolecnost CSSI, 2015)
Conference lecture
Restricted access - publisher's policyA collaborative dimension on concrete business accounts for the education of a Gaudí's modernismo modernized. Eusebi Güell (1853–1926) met the young architect in the International Paris Exhibition of 1879. At the same ... -
Concrete Metallic Fibers in the Architectural Design: study of physicochemical characteristics and optimization of its formulation
(GIRAS. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015-06)
Conference report
Open AccessFor twenty years, the study of building materials including concrete adopted more scientific approaches. It seeks to identify the phenomena, physicochemical underlying the behavior of concrete. Indeed; the field of ... -
Concrete with crumb rubber from used tyre (CR)
(2009)
Conference lecture
Restricted access - publisher's policyThis study aims to determine the influence of the substitution of a variable volume of aggregates on a concrete by an equivalent quantity of crumb rubber obtained from used tyres (CR). The physical and mechanical properties ... -
Concrete with crumb rubber from used tyres
(2014)
Conference report
Open AccessThis study aims to determine the influence of the substitution of a variable volume of aggregates on a concrete by an equivalent quantity of crumb rubber (CR) obtained from used tyres. The physical and mechanical properties ... -
Construction and software design of an ABB IRB 140 concrete 3D printer
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya / Lund University, 2014)
Master thesis (pre-Bologna period)
Open AccessThe project consists in the design of a concrete 3D printer that would originally be used for manufacturing street furniture. It is divided into two main parts which are the frame and software design. The structure where ... -
Contributions to the simulation of salt concrete - Short- and long-term mechanical behavior description involving an advanced plasticity model approach
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2017-01-23)
Master thesis
Open AccessIn the former German concept, rock salt was the favorite host rock to dispose heat-generating radioactive waste. To assure the integrity of the complete repository system after closure, shafts and drifts have to be sealed. ... -
Creep and shrinkage effects in service stresses of concrete cable-stayed bridges
(2014-04)
Article
Restricted access - publisher's policyMost of the methods presented in the literature to define the target service stresses (Objective Service Stage, OSS) of cable-stayed bridges rarely include the time-dependent phenomena effects. Nevertheless, especially in ... -
Criterios y alternativas para la evaluación de la tenacidad en hormigones con fibras de acero
(Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, 2003)
Article
Open AccessLos Hormigones Reforzados con Fibras (HRF) constituyen una de las innovaciones mas relevantes en el campo de los hormigones especiales. La presencia del refuerzo provoca una sustancial modificación de la respuesta mecánica ... -
Crushed autoclaved aerated concrete (CAAC), A potential reactive filter medium for enhancing phosphorus removal in nature-based solutions-preliminary batch studies
(2019-07-01)
Article
Open AccessPhosphorus (P) is a limited resource and can promote eutrophication of water streams and acidification of oceans when discharged. Crushed autoclaved aerated concrete (CAAC), a by-product from demolition, has shown great ... -
Damage diagnosis in concrete dams with presented expansive damage based on medical propaedeutics
(2017-10)
Article
Open AccessThe maintenance of dams is crucial because of their social, environmental, and economic relevance. However, more than 40% of the world’s dams are more than 40 years old. Furthermore, because of their ageing, damage such ... -
Damage plastic model for concrete failure under impulsive loadings
(CIMNE, 2015)
Conference lecture
Open AccessThe IRIS 2012 benchmark [1] was devoted to compare various modelling of impact on reinforced concrete slabs. Its aim was to improve the methods used and to provide guidance to assess the integrity of structures impacted ... -
Desarrollo de hormigones conductores con adición de fibras de carbono recicladas
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015-04)
Master thesis
Restricted access - author's decisionConsiderando el hormigón como uno de los principales materiales de la construcción de una ciudad, al añadir propiedades adicionales a sus funciones estructurales o de revestimiento de calzadas y fachadas, conseguiríamos ... -
Descripció espacial de característiques del formigó
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2016-06)
Bachelor thesis
Open AccessThis work has the objective to simulate the variation of the compressive resistance strength of concrete along the height of a structural member. The concrete compressive strength is calculated with a formula, which has ... -
Design, fabrication and testing of a prototype, thin-vaulted, unreinforced concrete floor
(2017-04)
Article
Restricted access - author's decisionThis paper describes the concept, form finding, fabrication and experimental testing of a prototype floor system, derived from principles of shallow arching action, to initiate internal compressive stresses rather than ... -
Dielectric and electrochemical properties of sustainable concrete
(2010)
Article
Open AccessIt is planned to improve the durability of reinforced concrete structures and the total or partial replacement of their components by the use of recyclable materials; as strategies to contribute to the concrete industry ...
