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Case Studies in Construction MaterialsThis study focuses on rockfall impact damage to roof slabs and tunnel shed slabs and adopts the design principles of bulletproof composite armor to develop energy dissipation buffer structures.
Liang Gao +3 more
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Post crack flexural toughness in steel fabric and fibre reinforced concrete beams [PDF]
, 2008 The purpose of the paper is to provide independent research and evaluate manufacturers’ claims that structural polypropylene fibres provide satisfactory crack control reinforcement and compare the test results from macro synthetic polypropylene fibres ...
Richardson, Alan
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The Hidden Costs of Coffee Production in the Eastern African Value Chains
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT There is increasing recognition that significant hidden costs associated with agrifood systems are not reflected in market prices. Coffee is among the three most traded agricultural commodities in the world and supports the livelihoods of more than 30 million smallholder households.
Annet Adong +3 more
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Analysis of concrete slabs supported on soil [PDF]
, 1999 A numerical model for material non-linear analysis of concrete slabs supported on soil is described in this work. In this model, the cracked concrete is regarded as cracks with concrete between cracks.
Barros, Joaquim A. O.
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Developing and Testing a Citywide Inclusive Sanitation Financial Tool
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Citywide Inclusive Sanitation (CWIS) represents a paradigm shift in the provision of safely managed sanitation services with a framework of three outcomes—equity, safety and sustainability. There are several sanitation financial tools, but none of these fully address all CWIS outcomes. Citywide Inclusive Sanitation Financial Tool (CWIS‐FiT) is
Camila Silva Franco +6 more
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, 2018 The present paper provides an analysis of the efficiency of externally bonded reinforcement (EBR) on reinforced concrete (RC) slabs under blast loads. Five simply supported slabs with a span of 2m are tested under explosive charge.
Belkassem, Bachir +5 more
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Early use of the reinforced concrete in the architecture of the Historicism in Austria–Hungary
Structural Concrete, EarlyView.Abstract The study examines the early incorporation of reinforced concrete in the architecture of Historicism in Austria–Hungary. Spanning the late 19th to early 20th centuries, the research illuminates the period's stylistic pluralism and the transformative impact of reinforced concrete.
Éva Lovra, Zoltán Bereczki
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Structural Concrete, EarlyView.Abstract This paper presents a numerical and experimental study aimed at the modeling and dynamic characterization of the reinforced concrete structure of the Palazzetto dello Sport in Rome, designed and by Pier Luigi Nervi with Annibale Vitellozzi, and built by Nervi & Bartoli contractors in 1956‐57.
Jacopo Ciambella +2 more
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Experimental study of solid RC slabs strengthened on the upper surface
Revista IBRACON de Estruturas e Materiais, 2018 The current study presents the results of tests conducted in 5 reinforced concrete slabs (415 cm x 415 cm x 7 cm) in order to experimentally check the possibility of reinforcing their upper surface, as well as to assess the adhesion between the old and ...
C. O. CAMPOS +3 more
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Structural Concrete, EarlyView.Abstract After a blossoming pre‐World War II (WWII) period, the concrete construction industry in then‐socialist Hungary existed in a relative isolation from the Western World during the mid‐20th century. In this paper, we focus on the body of work of one of the then newly established state‐owned design offices, IPARTERV, to show how the isolation ...
Orsolya Gáspár, Péter Haba
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