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Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, 2002 Tensile stresses in concrete occur under the action of reinforcement rust pressure. When they exceed concrete tensile strength or concrete extension strain exceeds limit value, concrete cracks.
Vidmantas Jokūbaitis, Arvydas Jurkša
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Utilization of recycled and secondary materials in concrete production - LCA
Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings, 2022 The paper describes an assessment of concrete in terms of environmental impacts in relation to the utilization of recycled materials. The article includes a short summary of the literature search on evaluation methods for environmental impacts and on ...
Anna Horáková +2 more
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Adhesion test – testing of selected adhesives on fired clay
Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings, 2022 The following paper deals with the comparison of adhesion of specimens made of fired clay and selected adhesives. The adhesion was tested on specimens at the age of one, two and three days in order to determine the parameters of young masonry.
Kristýna Richterová +2 more
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BuildingsThe effectiveness of an innovative retrofit scheme using near-surface-mounted (NSM) X-shaped CFRP ropes for the strengthening of substandard RC beam–column joints was investigated experimentally.
George Kalogeropoulos +4 more
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Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management, 2013 The article notes that not all types of plant origin waste are appropriate for being used as fuel or left for decay. The environment is polluted by noxious gas that is generated in the process of heating or decaying. Sulphur waste is produced at chemical
Gediminas Marčiukaitis +1 more
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Analysis of Strain State and Cracking of Cocnrete Sleepers
Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, 2016 Prestressed concrete sleepers are the most common type of the sleepers used on the railroad. They serve as rail supports and absorb loads induced by trains.
Aidas Jokūbaitis +2 more
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Architectural and planning solutions for multistorey residential buildings with safety capsules [PDF]
E3S Web of ConferencesThe purpose of this study is to develop an architectural and construction solution for protecting the civilian population in a multi-story residential building by creating a safe space with instant accessibility.
Bordun Maryna +4 more
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BuildingsFour exterior reinforced concrete beam–column joint subassemblages with poor reinforcement details and low-quality materials were constructed and subjected to cyclic lateral deformations under constant axial loading of the columns.
George Kalogeropoulos +2 more
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The Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering, 2018 The primary aim of this article is to present design approaches for calculating the additional strengthening of masonry arches with the use of the Strut-and-Tie model and applicable standards and their comparison to the experiments.
Martin Zlámal, Petr Štěpánek
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Effect of longâ€term loading and fire temperatures on mechanical properties of concrete
Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, 2005 During a fire, reinforced concrete structures are exposed to high temperatures and subjected to longâ€term action of variable and permanent loads.
Bronius Jonaitis, Vytautas Papinigis
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