Recent developments indicate that the application of pultruded FRP profiles has been continuously growing in the construction industry. Generating more complex structures composed of pultruded FRP profiles requires joining ...

Induced seismicity due to gas extraction in the province of Groningen in the Nether- lands has a noticeable impact on building structures. Historic masonry structures in the area, which are non-engineered and lacking ...

Hybrid slabs made of carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) and concrete provide a solution that takes advantage of the strength properties of both materials. The performance of the system strongly depends on the CFRP–concrete ...

The most restrictive failure mode of steel–concrete composite slabs is longitudinal shear. The partial connection method (PCM) is a design method for longitudinal shear capacity limited to slabs showing ductile failure and ...

This thesis aims at deepening in the understanding of the mechanisms by which the stress state affects the development of concrete expansions and cracking due to the Alkali-Silica Reaction (ASR). With this purpose, a ...

We study the symbolic dynamics of a stochastic excitable optical system with periodic forcing. Specifically, we consider a directly modulated semiconductor laser with optical feedback in the low frequency fluctuations (LFF) ...

Detecting fatigue cracks in hydraulic turbine runners is costly, as it requires to stop the unit, empty it of water and access the runner for inspection. Thus, an alternative way based on monitoring the changes of the ...

The use of shotcrete or sprayed mortar is a common construction alternative to retrofit unreinforced brick masonry (URM), and extensive research has already been carried out in this area. However, most studies have been ...

The thesis focuses on the experimental and theoretical aspects of the process of cracking in drying soils. The results and conclusions were drawn from an exhaustive experimental campaign characterised by innovative ...