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Surface roughness and shear resistance in cracked concrete

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Low-tech methods for the reuse of reinforced concrete structural elements

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As acknowledged explicitly or implicitly in most of current design codes, a high level of sustained loading has a detrimental effect on the concrete compressive strength. However, its beneficial effect in terms of deformation capacity is neglected in most ...

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Multi-scale modeling of aggregate interlock phenomena in concrete

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In concrete structures, opened cracks contribute significantly to the transfer of shear and normal stresses through the contact forces occurring between fractured surfaces. Such contact forces are due to protruding asperities, engaged by interlocking and f ...

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Numerical Generation and Contact Analysis of Rough Surfaces in Concrete

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An interlocking approach for the rebar-to-concrete contact in bond

Aurelio Muttoni, Miguel Fernández Ruiz, Max Tirassa

The bond response of deformed bars in structural concrete is a phenomenon governed, to a large extent, by the rib-to-concrete contact and interaction, with contact forces depending on both material properties and the kinematics between the contact surfaces ...

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In Switzerland, the peak period for the construction of large hydropower plants dates back than 50 years ago. Only in the '80s a reaction was discovered, which generates internal swelling of the concrete and causes permanent damage to the structures. The r ...

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Traditionally, the concrete strength is measured on cubes or cylinders having normalized dimensions, suitable vibration and curing conditions and their strength is assessed in laboratory under fast loading rates. However, the in-situ strength of structural ...

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Post-tensioning of glass beams: Analytical determination of the allowable pre-load

Alain Nussbaumer, Pieter Christian Louter, Jagoda Cupac

The effectiveness of post-tensioning in enhancing the fracture resistance of glass beams depends on the level of compressive pre-stress introduced at the glass edge surface that will in service be exposed to tensile stresses induced by bending. Maximum pre ...

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Spalling of concrete cover induced by reinforcement

Aurelio Muttoni, Miguel Fernández Ruiz, Francesco Rafael Alberto Moccia

This paper investigates the phenomenon of cover spalling in reinforced concrete induced by bond or by the action of an inner pressure. This research is based on an experimental programme comprising a series of bond tests and a series of tests with inner-pr ...

2021