Corrosion of steel in concrete is one of the major problems with respect to the durability of reinforced concrete structures. The majority of concrete structures perform well even after a long period of use in normal environments. However, there are various reinforced concrete structures important for our infrastructure, especially bridges and buildings, which exhibit premature damage due to en...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the floor impact sound isolation systems in reinforced concrete constructions. The floor impact sounds were generated by the standard heavy-weight impact sources, a tyre drop tester and an impact ball. The noise and vibration from the impact sources were analyzed and the relationship between the sound levels and the subjective responses was investigated...

A high-resolution finite element model is developed using the MSC.Marc software package to investigate local bond behavior and the modeling of this behavior. In the model, interaction between concrete and steel is treated geometrically as contact between two separate bodies. Concrete is modeled as a homogenous material. A multiple, fixed, smeared crack model is used to simulate response in tens...

Reinforced cement concrete is getting extensively used for construction of different type of structures for the last one century. During this period, we have constructed many structures like buildings, bridges, industrial structures, pavement, water tanks etc. using this construction material. These structures have been created with huge investment of resources. It is essential to maintain thos...

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Abstract. This work focuses on the modelling of nonlinear response of reinforced concrete structures by means of the finite element method. A new technique which employs a variable mesh in order to reduce the computational cost of classical approaches is presented. For some piecewise linear constitutive models which are widely employed for the modelling of reinforced concrete, some properties o...

Accurate and reliable information about buildings can greatly improve post-earthquake responses, such as search and rescue, repair and recovery. Building Information Modeling (BIM), rapid scanning and other assessment technologies offer the opportunity not only to retrieve as-built information but also to compile as-damaged models. This research proposes an information model to facilitate the d...

Applications of acoustic emission (AE) to structural integrity of concrete are summarized, dealing with both fresh and hardened concrete. Under mixing concrete, AE activity is applied to estimate the consistency. After hardened, in a uniaxial compression test, AE activity is modeled by the rate process theory and is correlated with the damage degree. For inspection of reinforced concrete (RC) m...