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  Bond strength tests under pure shear and tension between masonry and sprayed mortar 

  Huang, Dawei; Pons Valladares, Oriol; Albareda Valls, Albert (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), 2020-05-09)
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  Sprayed mortar or shotcrete is a construction technology that could enhance existing masonry buildings’ resilience by reinforcing low-safety load-bearing walls. Many factors affect the resistance of shotcrete-reinforced ...
• New sustainability assessment model for Intelligent Façade Layers when applied to refurbish school buildings skins 

  Habibi, Saeid; Pons Valladares, Oriol; Peña Villamil, Diana Maritza (Elsevier Ltd, 2020-12)
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  In regard to increasing reports toward severe comfort problems and high energy consumption by educational buildings in many countries, a sustainable refurbishment for these edifices is urgently required. Using Intelligent ...
• Evaluation of household waste materials for façade components in primary educational workshops: degradation behavior and mechanical properties of aged samples 

  Habibi, Saeid; Pons Valladares, Oriol; Abt, Tobias Martin (Elsevier, 2021-01)
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  This article presents a pioneering experimental campaign on waste materials that rigorously tests numerous specimens to study their degradation behavior and the unreported mechanical properties of aged samples. The novel ...
• Sustainability model to assess the suitability of green roof alternatives for urban air pollution reduction applied in Tehran 

  Banirazimotlagh, Seyed Hamed; Pons Valladares, Oriol; Hosseini, Seyed Mohammad Amin (2021-05)
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  Green roofs are environmentally-friendly architectural solutions that contribute to air quality improvement, especially in an air-polluted metropolis like Tehran, where space is scarce and expensive. At present, there are ...
• Bottom-up model for the sustainability assessment of rooftop-farming technologies potential in schools in Quito, Ecuador 

  Ledesma Hidalgo, Maria Gabriela; Nikolic, Jelena; Pons Valladares, Oriol (2020-07-18)
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  Rooftop-farming technologies can transform unexploited roofs into agricultural areas; and though studies have quantified the sustainability of diverse rooftop-farm systems, researchers lack a direct comparison between these ...
• Sprayed cementitious mortars to strengthen urban buildings: Case study in Barcelona, Spain 

  Pons Valladares, Oriol; Huang, Dawei; Albareda Valls, Albert; Pellegrino, Francesco; Segura Pérez, Ignacio; Garcia, Tomàs; Zamora i Mestre, Joan-Lluís; Fuente Antequera, Albert de la (2020)
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  Cities the world over require more resilient architecture that satisfies stricter structural safety standards than in the past. However, there are too many urban building structures about to reach the end of their designed ...
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  Corbera d'Ebre. Best practices of structural membranes 

  Llorens Duran, Josep Ignasi de (2020)
  External research report
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  Flexible edges for structural membranes 

  Llorens Duran, Josep Ignasi de (2020)
  External research report
  Open Access
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  Sustainability and eco-efficiency of structural membranes 

  Llorens Duran, Josep Ignasi de (2020)
  External research report
  Open Access
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  Improving the efficiency of masts 

  Llorens Duran, Josep Ignasi de (2020)
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  The scale effect 

  Llorens Duran, Josep Ignasi de (2020)
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  Anchoring emergency lightweight shelters. Recommendations, comments and alternative approaches 

  Llorens Duran, Josep Ignasi de (2020)
  External research report
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