Efficient maintenance and upgrading of a building during its lifecycle are difficult because a cementitious finish uses materials and parts with low disassembly properties. Additionally, the reuse and recycling processes during building demolition also present numerous problems from the perspective of environmental technology. In this study, an induction heating (IH) method was used to disassem...

Is somebody going to hurt us? We draw back. The present study investigates using behavioral measures the interplay between imitative and complementary actions activated while observing female/male hands performing different actions. Female and male participants were required to discriminate the gender of biologically and artificially colored hands that displayed both individual (grasping) and s...

In this paper, the membrane effect of geogrid reinforcement was investigated based on numerical simulation to understand serviceability and deformation highway piled embankments under moving vehicle loads. The in low (i.e., ratio embankment height pile spacing is less than 1.5) clearly emphasized. It has been found that maximum settlement occurs central area between piles, tension concentrated ...

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Abstract In the construction of concrete bridges, lighter dead load decks can significantly reduce number or size substructure members, such as girders, piers and foundations. Although, arch (ADs) ensure superior carrying capacity have longer span length than flat (FDs), relatively minute studies was performed on manufactured shape to maximize performance. previous study, a precast reinforced (...

Sediment fall-velocities measured by the Woods Hole Rapid Sediment Analyzer can now be obtained directly on punched paper tape in a form suitable for processing by a computer. This technique saves much time because it eliminates manual card punching, a step in which an operator transfers values from sediment analyses to punch cards in order to make the data acceptable tocomputers.

Abstract This study describes a set of recommendations to improve the precision shear and punching capacity predictions for one-way slabs under concentrated loads, regardless governing failure mechanism, using ABNT NBR 6118:2014 code provisions. For this purpose, database 143 test results was developed, including with different support conditions loading layouts that failed by mechanisms: shear...

The paper defines an updated method for “soil – reinforced concrete foundation” calculation that takes into account their mutual interaction. In this method, both the foundation structure and footing are represented by a rigid-plastic model, which makes it possible to determine bearing capacity of system. This eliminates possibility destruction from punching exhaustion its capacity. It further ...