Composite materials, such as glass fibre reinforced polymers (GFRPs), possess the advantages of high strength and stiffness, low density, as well as manufacturing flexibility; therefore, their potential in replacing conventional materials (such as concrete, aluminium and steel) in building construction has become attractive. One of the major issues that hinder the extensive use of composite str...

This paper deals with the automated design and economic optimization of reinforced concrete frame bridges typically used in road construction. The optimization algorithms applied are (i) parallel genetic algorithms (PGA) and (ii) parallel memetic algorithms (PMA). The evaluation of solutions follows the Spanish Code for structural concrete. Stress resultants and envelopes of framed structures a...

This paper highlights the philosophy and concepts used for of the design of prestressed concrete structures prestressed by fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) tendons and rods proposed for the Canadian Standards Association (CSA) S806-00 Standard "Design and Construction of Building Components with Fibre Reinforced Polymers". The paper deals with the section of the code which applies to concrete bea...

Reinforced concrete-framed buildings are commonly preferred to other types of in Turkey. In these buildings, a two-way slab with beams, flat, waffle, and ribbed widely used. building design, determining the best type that will perform well under gravity lateral loads, least cost, is required. However, proper selection has generally been overlooked by designers due emphasis on structural members...

ABSTRACT In this paper, seismic analyses are performed of a reinforced concrete frame building with participating masonry walls carried out. The spectral method the Brazilian code – ABNT 15421:2006 was used to obtain lateral loads. equivalent diagonal-strut model employed simulate axial stiffness in frames, according different formulations founded literature. main purpose is evaluate difference...

an experimental study is conducted on three ½ scales, single-story, single-bay, frame specimens. the first specimen was a reinforced concrete frame with solid-brick infill. the second specimen was a reinforced concrete frame with hollow clay perforated-brick infill. the last specimen was a reinforced concrete frame without any infill. these three specimens were tested by pseudostatic method. di...

concrete beams reinforced with glass fiber reinforced polymer (gfrp) bars exhibit large deflections and crack widths as compared with steel reinforced concrete beams due to the low modulus of elasticity of gfrp bars. different studies show that aci 318 equation for the effective moment of inertia ie does not predict deflection well for frp reinforced concrete beams. the purpose of this paper is...

Concrete slab with opening are usually designed with help of traditional rules of thumb proposed by building codes. Such methods however introduce limitations concerning size of opening and magnitude of applied loads. Furthermore there is a lack of sufficient information about the load carrying capacity of slab with opening. It is also difficult to model the complex behaviour of reinforced conc...

Ferrocement or Ferro-concrete is a system of reinforced mortar or plaster applied over layers of metal. It consists of closely spaced, multiple layers of mesh or fine rods completely embedded in cement mortar. It has a wide range of uses including sculpture and prefabricated building components. Ferro concrete is relatively a new material and has good strength and resistance to impact. When use...