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• Towards design optimization of tunnel joints – use of DIC on partially loaded fiber reinforced concrete specimens 

  Denia Berrocoso, Angel; Monserrat López, Andrea; Fuente Antequera, Albert de la; Torrelló Ciriano, Xavier (Féderation Internationale du Béton (fib), 2024)
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  The design of steel fiber reinforced concrete tunnel linings is often governed by the performance of longitudinal and circumferential joints during the service and transient stages, respectively. Nowadays, the design of ...
• Study of leaching behavior of copper slag and its alkaline activation potential 

  Farías Castillo, Ingrid Carolina; Aponte Hernández, Diego Fernando; Barra Bizinotto, Marilda (International Federation for Structural Concrete (fib) ; International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures (RILEM), 2025)
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  This study investigates the mineralogical, environmental, and mechanical proper-ties of copper slag (CS) as a precursor material (PM) for alkaline-activated binders (AABs) using sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and sodium silicate ...
• Deriving analytical fragility curves for masonry churches based on stochastic nonlinear analyses 

  Del Carlo, Federica; Caprili, Silvia; Ferreira, Thiago Miguel; Roca Fabregat, Pedro; Uzielli, Marco (Springer, 2024)
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  This paper proposes an approach for deriving analytical fragility curves for religious masonry buildings based on stochastic static nonlinear analyses to support seismic vulnerability assessment and risk mitigation. A ...
• Life cycle assessment in data center buildings: integrating circular economy principles in the context of the climate crisis 

  Márquez Echeverría, Yeny Andrea; Cuerva Contreras, Eva; Pujadas Álvarez, Pablo (2024)
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• Evaluación del árido siderúrgico como sustituto en mezclas asfálticas: estudio integral sobre propiedades y resistencia a daños por humedad 

  Benavides Alcívar, Julio Darío; López Montero, Teresa; Aponte Hernández, Diego Fernando (Asociación Española de Fabricantes de Mezclas Asfálticas (ASEFMA), 2024)
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  El árido siderúrgico (SSA) se ha propuesto como sustituto de áridos naturales (NA) en mezclas asfálticas en caliente (HMA), gracias a sus propiedades físico-mecánicas que lo hacen idóneo para las capas de rodadura. Sin ...
• Understanding energy dissipation behaviour in cracked macrosynthetic fibre-reinforced concrete under flexural fatigue conditions 

  Martinello Carlesso, Debora; Bajic, Petar; Fuente Antequera, Albert de la (2024)
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  Fatigue failure results from the propagation of cracks within material as damage accumulates over successive loading cycles. In this context, this contribution presents results and advances derived from an experimental ...
• Structural performance of chloride-corroded hybrid fibre-reinforced concrete under sustained loads 

  Bajic, Petar; Leporace Guimil, Bruno; Andrade Perdrix, Carmen; Tošić, Nikola; Fuente Antequera, Albert de la (2024)
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  Cracks in concrete act as preferential pathways for agents from the exterior, which may trigger detrimental corrosion processes. The addition of fibres to concrete is reported to alter cracking formation and to improve its ...
• Influence of loading protocols on the hysteretic energy dissipation capacity of RC columns 

  Noriega Barrueto, Renzo; Mejía Trejo, Renzo; Bairán García, Jesús Miguel (International Association for Earthquake Engineering, 2024)
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  To study the behaviour of reinforced concrete elements, a wide variety of loading protocols exist in the literature that try to simulate, in a quasi-static manner, the effects produced by different earthquakes characteristics ...
• Identification of sensitive parameters to calibrate a model updating of a doubly curved masonry Catalan vault 

  Clarés Garcia, Antoni; Costa, Iriex; Sierra, Pablo Leonel; Valencia Padín, Carla; Chacón Flores, Rolando Antonio; Llorens, Miquel; Llorens, Joan; Barris Peña, Cristina (Springer, 2024)
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  The masonry vaults represent one of the most widespread structural and constructional typologies in Catalonia. Catalan vault is a type of masonry vault formed by several ceramic thin tile layers with mortar between them. ...
• Experimental out-of-plane bending behaviour of brick masonry walls with a novel bed joint reinforcement 

  Cuadros Rojas, Emerson Julio; Garcia Ramonda, Larisa; Roca Fabregat, Pedro; Pelà, Luca (2024)
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  The paper presents an experimental program aimed at assessing the out-of-plane bending behaviour of brick masonry walls with a novel sys-tem for bed joint reinforcement, named Murfor® Compact, which consists of high-strength ...
• Inspection and mechanical characterisation of materials in a historical masonry arch bridge 

  Cabané Cañas, Albert; Garcia Ramonda, Larisa; Drougkas, Anastasios; Gönen, Semih; Cuadros Rojas, Emerson Julio; Roca Fabregat, Pedro; Chacón Flores, Rolando Antonio; Pelà, Luca (Springer, 2024)
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  The preservation and assessment of the historical infrastructures, par-ticularly masonry bridges, is crucial in safeguarding heritage and promoting sus-tainable development. This study focuses on the characterisation of ...
• Tensile behaviour of textile-reinforced mortar solutions made from natural hemp fibres 

  Escobar, Kevin Isaac; Murcia Delso, Juan; Oller Ibars, Eva (Féderation Internationale du Béton (fib), 2024)
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  Textile reinforced mortar (TRM) is a strengthening system comprised of a textile mesh embedded in an inorganic matrix. There is a growing interest in using natural fibre meshes due to their better com-pliance with ...

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