Fire resistance of buildings belong to fire safety assessment for centuries. It is based on fire element tests in horizontal and vertical furnaces, which are exposed to a [...]

Carbonation and chloride ingress are considered as the most serious damaging mechanisms for steel corrosion in reinforced concrete. The service life is divided into two m [...]

The main objective of this work is to determine the mechanical properties of a new cementitious nano-composite material. Carbon nanotubes/nanofibers were synthesized dire [...]

The effect of a truck with controlled suspension traversing a bridge is examined in order to find benefits for the bridge construction. A half-car model with two indepe [...]

Multiscale viscoelastic homogenization is employed for the assessment of concrete creep. Recent nanoindentation results testified creep origin in calcium silicate hydrat [...]

Resulting properties of hardening cement paste are influenced by several stochastic parameters whose effect has not been yet fully determined. We attempt to explore the s [...]

The combination of concrete’s low thermal conductivity with exothermic hydration and ambient temperature leads to thermal gradients in concrete. Consequently, tensile [...]

Autogenous shrinkage presents a serious problem in modern concretes due to various admixtures and high water demand for hydration. Microscopic underpressure in the pore w [...]

Cement paste is the important component of other engineering heterogeneous materials, such as various kinds of concrete. Using the micromechanic approach, intrinsic elast [...]

The concrete is one of the oldest materials used in the building industry for ages. The models of this material are often designed to capture the behaviour of real constr [...]