11 articles in this issue
Kamlesh A. MEHTA,Jigar K. SEVALIA
The majority of the time, existing codes and standards are used to predict wind loads on structures. The criteria of these standards are based on a wind tunnel test that was done on a single building. On the other hand, buildings rarely stand alone. Wind ... see more
Qasim Muhammed SHAKIR
In this review, an extensive survey on the theoretical models and approaches that were proposed in literature to study the behavior of RC corbels has been presented. Such approaches included the shear friction approach, strut and tie model, finite element... see more
Van-Tien PHAN,Xuan-Hung VU,Duc-Xuan NGUYEN,Duy-Duan NGUYEN
This study investigates the influence of earthquake duration on seismic fragility of base isolated nuclear power plant (NPP) structures. Two groups of ground motions are employed in performing time history analyses, in which short duration (SD) and long d... see more
Raphael Nnodim UWAZURUONYE
Surface Water Absorption Test (SWAT) has long been proposed as a non-destructive testing device for evaluation and grading of the quality of the cover concrete and standardization of SWAT is still in process. In this study, the acceptability and validity ... see more
Houari ABDELHADI,Nabila BOUALLA,Abdesselam GUEZOULI
Generally, the main of this experimental work is to found new resources in materials of constructions, especially with the interdiction of the exploitation of some sea sand careers. Thus, advanced constructors use light products, which is going to represe... see more
Ramalingam GEETHA,Ramalingam VIJAYALAKSHMI
This work focuses on the effect of natural plant fiber as reinforcement on the strength properties of concrete of different grade strength (M30-M50). Fibers of different length were added to the concrete mix at the rate 3% of the binder content. Three dif... see more
Fayza Shemsu KEDIR,Kalid Ahmed SEID,Olu Emmanuel FEMI,Mengistu Jemberu DAGNAW,Arpan ROUT
As a common byproduct of thermal power plants, coal fly ash (CFA) is often dumped in landfills, where it can cause environmental damage. As a result, in this work, porous construction bricks were made utilizing a byproduct of a thermal power plant, coal f... see more
Mohsen SOORI
Composite materials are used to produce multi-objective structures such as fluid reservoirs, transmission pipes, heat exchangers, pressure vessels due to high strength and stiffness to density ratios and improved corrosion resistance. The mathematical con... see more
Mrudula sanjay KULKARNI,Arun Narhar PURANDARE,Sumant Nivrutti SHINDE,Sarrim MOMIN
In the construction of any structure, the most important factor considered today are cost of construction and ability of the building to resist loads and earthquakes. Research is going on about various precast composite technologies to get a structurally ... see more
Alya HARICHANE,Abdelbaki BENMOUNAH,Johann PLANK
The main difficulty encountered in the formulation of high performance concrete (HPC) consists in choosing the most efficient cement-superplasticizer pair allowing to obtain maximum water reduction, good workability of the concrete in the fresh state and ... see more
Bahar SULTAN QURRAIE,Havva KOCA
Energy efficiency in building design tends to be important in reducing the share of construction sector in energy consumption and environmental problems caused by it. In this study, energy performance of an existing office structure was evaluated by integ... see more