Building Investigation: Material or Structural Performance

Performance of Non-fired Green Brick Containing Rice Husk as Sustainable Building Material

The demand for sustainable alternative construction materials to cement in modern technology cannot be underemphasized. This paper presents a non-fired green brick with an agriculture residue namely, rice husk. Although, high plasticity brown clay deposits are widely distributed in Malaysia and rice husk is a well known agriculture residue, research works on non-fired green brick with rice husk...

Investigation of Nonlinear Behavior of Material on Seismic Performance of Roller Compacted Concrete Dam

In this research, the effect of nonlinear behavior of concrete on seismic performance of roller compacted concrete (RCC) is discussed. Nonlinear behavior of material shows the behavior close to reality due to use of all structural capacity and it is considered the most appropriate method for design. So in this paper, by using the appropriate definition of nonlinear behavior of RCC, the Ansys so...

Structural and Material Engineering

Seismic Response of Building Structures with Sliding Non-structural Elements

Interaction between a structure under base excitation and heavy non-structural elements that it supports is significant in the seismic analysis and design of the structure. Heavy non-structural elements may slide/rock under base excitation, and this dynamic action affects the seismic behavior of the supporting structure. Hence, in this study, a numerical model was presented to describe the seis...

Numerical investigation of GFRP bars contribution on performance of concrete structural elements

In this study, twenty glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) reinforced concrete specimens were modelled using finite element method to predict the effect of GFRP compressive bars on the flexural strength and ductility of GFRP reinforced concrete beams. Also, the contribution of GFRP longitudinal rebars to the load-carrying capacity of reinforced concrete columns is determined. The concrete elas...