When the shear resistance of prestressed beams with stirrups is determined current Eurocode, no distinction made between regions and without flexural cracks. This while it may be expected that a region cracks will have higher resistance. due to lower longitudinal strains narrow crack widths, resulting in contribution aggregate interlock. Also, Eurocode does not take into account cracks, signifi...

The paper presents the shape and discrete sizing optimization of timber trusses with the consideration of joint flexibility. The optimization was performed by the Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming (MINLP) approach. In the optimization model an economic objective function for minimizing the structure's selfmanufacturing costs was defined. The design conditions in accordance with Eurocode 5 wer...

The vulnerability of buildings on coastal dikes due to overtopping wave impacts is difficult to assess. A method is developed in this paper to quantify the vulnerability of masonry buildings on a coastal dike exposed to wave overtopping. Using previous studies, the accidental loads due to the extreme wave impacts are characterized. Using the approach from Eurocode 6, the strength of masonry bui...

The paper reports the results of a collapse test performed on a 6 m span timber-concrete composite beam with glued re-bar connection. The beam was first ramp loaded to failure, then some push-out tests were performed on specimens cut from the end of the beam in order to fully characterise the connection. During the tests all relevant quantities such as deflections, slips and strains were monito...