Shear reinforcement is one of the common measures used to strengthen slab–column connections. It can make joint’s load capacity increase. However, when connection subjected an unbalanced bending moment, reduction effect shear on moment worth investigating. Nonlinear finite element analysis was performed reinforced concrete slabs with for various moment-to-shear (M/V) ratios. The effects number ...

Ballast as a part of the railway system plays an important role in the operation of the railways and also has a great impact on repair and maintenance activities. Hence most of the repair and maintenance activities in traditional railway systems are due to the defections in the ballast layer and therefore most of the maintenance budget is spent on repairing these defects. These repair and maint...

While Portland cement concrete (PCC) overlay has been increasingly used as a rehabilitation technique for deteriorated PCC pavements in the last decade, reflective cracking places a major limit on its durability performance. The use of ultra ductile concrete named Engineered Cementitious Composite (ECC) should arrest such failure mode and greatly enhance the long term performance of the overlai...