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  Tile vaults as integrated formwork for reinforced concrete: Construction, experimental testing and a method for the design and analysis of two-dimensional structures 

  López López, David; Roca Fabregat, Pedro; Liew, Andrew; Van Mele, Tom; Block, Philippe (Elsevier, 2019)
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  Tile vaults are traditional, unreinforced masonry structures made of thin bricks (tiles), mortar and fast-setting cement or gypsum. They can be constructed without the need for a formwork, except at the boundaries, making ...
• Performance-based slenderness limits for deformations and crack control of reinforced concrete flexural members 

  Marí Bernat, Antonio Ricardo; Torres Llinàs, Lluís; Oller Ibars, Eva; Barris Peña, Cristina (Elsevier, 2019-05)
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  The use of high strength materials allows flexural members to resist the design loads or to cover long spans with a reduced depth. However, the strict cross section dimensions and reinforcement amount required in ULS are ...
• Case study of failure of long prestressed precast concrete girder during lifting 

  Fuente Antequera, Albert de la; Bairán García, Jesús Miguel; Pialarissi Cavalaro, Sergio Henrique (Elsevier, 2019-06)
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  Improvements in concrete technology, reinforcing systems and manufacturing enable the use of longer reinforced precast concrete girders, contributing to the competitiveness of this solution for bridge decks. The weight of ...
• Transversally and longitudinally stiffened steel plate girders subjected to patch loading 

  Chacón Flores, Rolando Antonio; Mirambell Arrizabalaga, Enrique; Real Saladrigas, Esther (2019-05)
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  This article presents some observations related to the phenomenon that occurs when transversally and longitudinally stiffened steel plate girders are subjected to patch loading. The failure mechanism differs considerably ...
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  Effect of partial substitution of highly reactive mineral additions by nanosilica in cement pastes 

  da Silva Rego, Joao Henrique; Frias Rojas, Moises; Moragues Terrades, Amparo; Fernández Carrasco, Lucía; Romero Morales, Enrique Edgar; Sanchez de Rojas, Maria Isabel (2019-01)
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  The phenomena involved in portland cement hydration and interactions with nanosilica are very complex and not yet fully understood. In addition, few papers have currently proposed to investigate the microstructure and ...
• Out-of-plane seismic response and failure mechanism of masonry structures using finite elements with enhanced strain accuracy 

  Vlachakis, Georgios; Cervera Ruiz, Miguel; Barbat Vlad, Gabriel; Saloustros, Savvas (Elsevier, 2019-03)
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  The out-of-plane response is a complex and at the same time key aspect of the seismic vulnerability of masonry structures. It depends on several factors, some of which are the material properties, the quality of the walls, ...
• Dynamic elastic properties of brick masonry constituents 

  Makoond, Nirvan Chandra; Pelà, Luca; Molins i Borrell, Climent (Elsevier, 2019-02)
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  When subjected to dynamic loading, materials can exhibit a mechanical behaviour quite different from its static counterpart. The evaluation of dynamic properties is thus very useful in the assessment of existing masonry ...
• Contribution of externally bonded FRP shear reinforcement to the shear strength of RC beams 

  Oller Ibars, Eva; Pujol Sánchez, Mireia; Marí Bernat, Antonio Ricardo (Elsevier, 2019-05)
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  An experimental program of T-beams strengthened in shear by CFRP sheets has been developed with two longitudinal reinforcement ratios and different externally bonded CFRP shear strengthening amounts in a discontinuous or ...
• Análisis de un caso de inestabilidad lateral de un viga de hormigón pretensado de gran luz en fase de izado 

  Fuente Antequera, Albert de la; Pialarissi Cavalaro, Sergio Henrique; Bairán García, Jesús Miguel (2018-09)
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  Las mejoras tecnológicas de la prefabricación con hormigón han hecho competitivo el uso de vigas prefabricadas de luces cada vez mayores en comparación con otras alternativas. Sin embargo, el peso de las vigas es limitante ...
• Effects of material nonlinearity on the global analysis and stability of stainless steel frames 

  Walport, Fiona; Gardner, Leroy; Real Saladrigas, Esther; Arrayago Luquin, Itsaso; Nethercot, David A. (2019-01)
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  In structural frames, second order effects refer to the internal forces and moments that arise as a result of deformations under load (i.e. geometrical nonlinearity). EN 1993-1-1 states that global second order effects may ...
• The influence of different wind and wave conditions on the energy yield and downtime of a Spar-buoy floating wind turbine 

  Lerch, Markus; Prada Gil, Mikel de; Molins i Borrell, Climent (2019-06)
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  Floating offshore wind turbines (FOWT) have been extensively proven in model tests and are reaching currently a pre-commercial phase where large scale demonstrators are being built offshore. This transition increases the ...
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  Ultimate capacity of corroded statically indeterminate reinforced concrete members 

  Fernández Pérez, Ignacio; Herrador Barrios, Manuel F.; Marí Bernat, Antonio Ricardo; Bairán García, Jesús Miguel (Springer, 2018-12)
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  The corrosion of steel reinforcement is commonly believed to be the primary cause of structural deterioration of reinforced concrete (RC) structures; as a result of this deterioration, a RC structure can incur a considerable ...

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