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Assessing the strength of existing structures has become a major issue for structural engineers. Such analyses are often performed after changes of use of the structure or due to new design codes requirements. This is particularly relevant with respect to ...
In this paper, the strength of prestressed girders with low amount of shear reinforcement or with defective anchorage is investigated by means of a test programme carried out at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne on 10 prestressed and 2 reinforce ...
Proceedings of the 9th fib International PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering2012
In the second half of the 20th century, the majority of residential buildings in Switzerland have been built with unreinforced brick masonry walls and reinforced concrete floors. Following a re-evaluation of the seismic hazard in Switzerland, a country of ...
Design of concrete girder bridges has significantly evolved during the last decades. This has been particularly relevant with respect to shear design, motivated by changes in actions and design models. As a consequence, assessing the shear strength of exis ...