Buildings & Structures

Author(s) Atsushi Suzuki, Wang Liao, Daiki Shibata, Yuki Yoshino 4,Yoshihiro Kimura and Nobuhiro Shimoi   Abstract With demand for the long-term continued use of existing building facilities, structural health monitoring and damage detection are attracting...

Author(s) Ayman Abd-Elhamed, Sayed Mahmoud & Khalid Saqer Alotaibi   Abstract Most civil structures exhibit nonlinear behavior during moderate to severe earthquakes. Consequently, inelastic analysis is needed for seismic design.Several dynamic and static...

Author(s) Xiaofang Kang Shuai Li Jun Hu Guanghui Xia Yi Cai Jun Zheng Jiaxin Luo Guoliang Liu Shancheng Lei Xinqi Wang Qiwen Huang Mengjun Han   Abstract In this paper, two adjacent buildings of unequal height are established using finite-element software, and...

Author(s) Smitha Gopinath, Abhishek Kumar  and Lavanya Eragam   Abstract An integrated strategy for the assessment of structural and thermal performance of masonry walls when retrofitted using textile-reinforced concrete (TRC) and TRC sandwich panels is devised....

Author(s) Haotian Tao, Huifeng Yang, Liqiu Tang, and Benkai Shi, Ph.D.AUTHOR AFFILIATIONS   Abstract In this study, an interior joint between timber-concrete composite (TCC) beams and steel column was as tested under quasistatic cyclic loads. To obtain an...

Author(s) Sabine Upnere, ,Iveta Novakova, Normunds Jekabsons, Andrejs Krasnikovs and Arturs Macanovskis   Abstract Concrete is a widely used material in various industries, including hazardous waste management. At the same time, its production creates a...

Author(s) Jindřich Sobotka, Zdeněk Jiroušek, Táňa Švecová and Miloslav Novotný   Abstract This paper aims to test the method of using microwave technology for drying aerated concrete masonry. Furthermore, the propagation of microwave technology through irradiated...

Author(s) Fengxiao Yu, Jianpeng Tongb, Yipu Peng Li Chen and Shuangyu Wang   Abstract Traditional deformation monitoring suffers from issues such as the point-based representation of surfaces and low measurement efficiency. Moreover, the majority of researchers...