CivilEng, Volume 1, Issue 3

Currently, the determination of the shear capacity $V_{Rk,s}^0$ of post installed adhesive anchors is already included in the current standardization and approval documents. Considering that EAD 330499-00-0601 allows for determining the shear resistance of...

This article investigates the development of the following material properties of concrete with time: compressive strength, tensile strength, modulus of elasticity, and fracture energy. These properties were determined at seven different hydration ag...

Oil and gas offshore structures are essential infrastructures which are subjected to several categories of environmental loads such as wave and wind actions. These loads commonly designate the structural design of offshore platforms. Additionally, se...

The problem of managing existing structures before and after seismic events has led to the development of many different strategies across the globe. These aim to mitigate the catastrophic effects of earthquakes on the occupants of a building, as wel...

Fastenings are becoming increasingly important in modern building practice. A wide range of products cover for the great flexibility that they provide in a large variety of applications. In order to ensure the safe and economical use of the fastening...

The excessive production of worn tires remaining from the transportation system and the lack of proper procedures to recycle or reuse these materials have caused critical environmental issues. Due to the rubber’s toughness, this material could...

Anchor channels are cast in concrete and allow the connection of components using channel bolts. In recent years, the design to value resulted in ever thinner concrete elements, which often cannot accommodate the required embedment depth of standard...

The form and the perpendicularity of boreholes influence the ultimate behaviour of post-installed fasteners and are restricted with regard to the concrete surface to 5° in Europe and to 6° in the United States in various regulations (e.g., EA...

The paper reports an experimental campaign to study the effectiveness of strengthening measures proposed for rammed earth (RE) wall in an out-of-plane direction. Two simple and feasible strengthening techniques were explored, namely, mesh-wrapped and...

Fire safety is a critical performance aspect of construction products, and post-installed anchors and rebars are no exemption in that regard. During their service life, anchors and rebars are subjected to different kinds of load actions, so they have...

To ensure the stable operation of safety-related nuclear power plant (NPP) equipment, they are tested by following the seismic qualification procedures. The in-cabinet response spectrum (ICRS) is used to test the mounted components. However, the ICRS...

The aim of this work is to reduce the overexploitation of river sand by proposing a combination of crushed sand and river sand to develop an optimal mix design for concrete. The approach used consisted of a physical, chemical, and mineralogical chara...