Excessive cracking due to restraint of thermal and shrinkage strains is a widespread problem in the concrete construction industry. In design, induced managed by provision reinforcement intended distribute internal such way as control pattern limit crack widths. The area secondary (horizontal) required members retaining walls water tanks often governed need early age cracking. This paper presen...

Traditionally, reinforced concrete (RC) walls have long been adopted as an efficient lateral load resisting systems to enhance the stability and integrity of the buildings against dynamic actions such as wind, earthquakes etc. Later, steel plate walls were proposed as a promising alternative of concrete walls. Thin steel plate walls contributed in weight reduction of the structure with greater ...

Although it is evident that the RC infill wall an economic and practical way to improve lateral strength of framed structures a retrofitting method for existing buildings withstand earthquake loads, there are still lot limitations regarding their application. Codes do not provide any guidance design detailing or specific regulations interaction with bounding frame. Furthermore, directions exist...

Abstract The purpose of this research is to specify the differences between performance cross-laminated timber (CLT) and reinforced concrete (RC) walls. study done by using finite element structural analysis design software, StruSoft FEM-Design, in order model, analyse a reference building located city Gävle Sweden. firstly modelled, analysed designed RC walls then are replaced with CLT In both...