Articles
Investigating the Bond Strength of FRP Laminates with Concrete Using LIGHT GBM and SHAPASH Analysis
Author(s) Muhammad Nasir Amin, Babatunde Abiodun Salami, Muhammad ZahidM udassir Iqbal, Kaffayatullah Khan,Abdullah Mohammad Abu-Arab, Anas Abdulalim Alabdullah and Fazal E. Jalal Abstract The corrosion of steel reinforcement necessitates regular maintenance...
How Wood is Rising in the Construction World
Wood-based construction is gaining ground for tall structures as a more environmentally sound alternative to carbon-intensive steel and concrete. A video explores how these structures are built to meet conventional standards for durability and their likely future.
Building Challenges of Tallest Timber Tower in Milwaukee
Episode Info In this episode, the architect behind the ASCENT, Jason Korb of Korb and Associates, talks about the unique challenges inherent to the ASCENT and how collaboration and innovation helped make history possible.
Influence of Replacing Cement with Waste Glass on Mechanical Properties of Concrete
Author(s) Özer Zeybek, Yasin Onuralp Özkılıç, Memduh Karalar, Ali İhsan Çelik, Shaker Qaidi, Jawad Ahmad, Dumitru Doru Burduhos-Nergis, and Diana Petronela Burduhos-Nergis Abstract In this study, the effect of waste glass on the mechanical properties of...
Basalt Fibers Reinforced Concrete: Strength and Failure Modes
Author(s) y Buthainah Nawaf AL-Kharabsheh, Mohamed Moafak Arbili, Ali Majdi, Saleh M. Alogla, A. Hakamy, Jawad Ahmad, and Ahmed Farouk Deifalla Abstract The low tensile capacity of concrete often results in brittle failure without any warning. One way to cope...
Diagnostics of the RC Roofing Structure of the 100-Year-Old Municipal Theatre Facility
Author(s) Marta Kosior-Kazberuk, Janusz Ryszard KrentowskiORCID andMaciej WardachORCID Abstract Reinforced concrete has been a widely used material for the construction of buildings for many decades. However, with the passage of time, the material...
New Technique enhances Ductility of Vulnerable Buildings
Brief Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur have found that a semiconfined unreinforced brick masonry technique to retrofit seismically vulnerable buildings resulted in increased ductility and energy dissipation. It not compromise their strength of...
Optimal Location of Acoustic Emission Sensors for Detecting Rail Damage
Author(s) Tamal Kundu, BTech, MTech Aloke Kumar Datta, BE (Hons), MTech, PhD Pijush Topdar, BE, ME, PhD Sanjay Abstract To detect cracks in rail sections, various experiments using the acoustic emission technique have been carried out by earlier researchers....
An Investigation of the Electrical Conductivity of Different Stone Mastic Asphalt Mixtures
Author(s) Cahit Gürer, PhD Hüseyin Akbulut, PhD Ayfer Elmaci, MSc Burak Enis Korkmaz, MSc Serhat Düzağaç, MSc Abstract In recent years, many studies on the prevention of icing on highways and airports through the use of electrically conductive asphalt pavements...