This paper reports the potential reuse of incineration fly ash (IFA) as cement supplements in the production of engineered cementitious composites (ECC), a unique class o [...]

In the present study, experimental work and theoretical calculation were performed by taking into account the ITZ effect, the dilution effect and the tortuosity effect, t [...]

In the fiber reinforced inorganic polymer (FRiP) strengthening system, an inorganic paste is used instead of an organic resin as the matrix and adhesives of fiber sheets. [...]

The concept of apparent thermal conductivity for high-temperature investigations of porous materials taking into account moisture transport, convective and radiative mode [...]

Loss of adhesion is one of the main forms of degradation of old renders; it can cause the separation of different render layers or the separation of the render and substr [...]

Lime–based mortars of adequate workability are used for repairing coating mortars on old masonry in historical buildings. The analysis of a great number of old plasters [...]

WRG stands for Welded Reinforcement Grids, which is a technology dealing with welding of steel reinforcement bars. The main idea of WRG is a replacement of the convention [...]

A Danish innovation consortium is preparing a set of guidelines on the mix design and execution of steel fiber reinforced self-compacting concrete (SFRSCC). The guideline [...]

Limited sources of material and energy rapidly affected a demand for lightweight, efficient and low cost structures, what secondly influenced the developing of new design [...]

The paper presents experimental determination of mechanical properties of different types of animal hairs. Mortars reinforced by thin fibres have promising properties for [...]

Multi-functioning and multi-optimization in the biomechanics of laminated wood vs carbon fiber composites are treated in present paper. Multi-functioning is one of the ke [...]

An experimental investigation was conducted to study both the mechanical and durability performance of various specimens constructed with both high-volume fly ash concret [...]

Presented paper deals with fracture behaviour of carbon fibre reinforced composites on the basis of Portland (PC) and alumina (HC) cement. Carbon fibres can be used for [...]

This contribution presents a simple numerical model for crack growth under mode-I compressive fatigue loading. Residual tensile stress at the crack tip, which is responsi [...]

In our contribution we will show how the Trefftz Radial Basis Functions (TRBF), i.e. RBF satisfying the governing equations can be used to increase the efficiency of mode [...]

The study presented herein is a preliminary part of an on-going research on post-crack performance of steel fiber reinforced concrete (SFRC) column under quasi-static lat [...]

According to recent publications, from 2005 to 2008 there were more than 13000 terrorist attacks around the world which took more than 73000 human lives. The attacks were [...]

Roman cements were key materials for the economic and easy manufacture of render (stucco) for the exterior of buildings during the nineteenth and early twentieth century. [...]

Corrosion of reinforcing steel in concrete is one of the most influencing factors causing the degradation of reinforced concrete structures, conducting to concrete crack [...]

Fiber Reinforced Concrete (FRC) can improve not only mechanical properties but also durability due to reduced crack width by fiber bridging effect. From the view point of [...]

Civil infrastructure around the world is in a state of utter disrepair and significant efforts are needed on the part of all stakeholders to render our failing infrastruc [...]

This paper reports the effect of bacterial calcium carbonate precipitation on sorption of engineered cementitious composites (ECC), a high performance fiber-reinforced ce [...]

The first author of the project is the engineering director of a Temple reconstruction project in Turkey. In attempt to produce mortar similar in composition to that foun [...]

Cracking behavior of lime mortar renders subjected to shrinkage is numerically investigated by the finite element method (FEM). The render materials selected for the stud [...]