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  1. Punching shear resistance of column footings and foundation slabs varies significantly in different standards. The reason for this is because standards define differently the position of the critical perimeter...

    Authors: Zoran Bonić, Nebojša Davidović, Todor Vacev, Nikola Romić, Elefterija Zlatanović and Jelena Savić
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2017 11:213
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  2. This paper presents the experimental results of four full-scale coupling beams in which only horizontal reinforcements are placed, without diagonal reinforcements, with the aim to develop reinforcement details...

    Authors: Soo-Yeon Seo, Hyun-Do Yun and Young-Soo Chun
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2017 11:221
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  3. Engineered cementitious composites (ECC) possesses characteristics that make it suitable in the zones of high shear and ductility demand of structural elements; however, there is a lack of an adequate model t...

    Authors: Chang Wu, Zuanfeng Pan, Kang-Su Kim and Shaoping Meng
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2017 11:219
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  4. The aim of this research was to investigate the validity of the Krieger–Dougherty model as a quantitative model to predict the viscosity of mortar depending on various aggregate sizes. The Krieger–Dougherty mo...

    Authors: Dongyeop Han, Jae Hong Kim, Jin Hyun Lee and Su-Tae Kang
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2017 11:217
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  5. To evaluate the effect of the mix proportioning method on drying shrinkage and freeze-and-thaw resistance of recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) concrete, two series of concrete mixes were made using the modifie...

    Authors: Sungchul Yang and Hwalwoong Lee
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2017 11:216
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  6. The presence of cracks is unavoidable in reinforced concrete structures and also a gateway for chloride into concrete, leading to corrosion of steel reinforcing bars. So, crack control, crack width limitation ...

    Authors: Suvash Chandra Paul and Gideon Pieter Adriaan Greeff van Zijl
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2017 11:205
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  7. In this study the behavior of unbonded post-tensioned segmental columns (UPTSCs) was investigated and expressions were proposed to estimate their ductility and neutral axis (NA) depth at ultimate strength. An ...

    Authors: Reza Hassanli, Osama Youssf, Julie Mills and Mostafa Fakharifar
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2017 11:209
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  8. This study evaluates the compatibility of repair materials for concrete bridge decks. A new compatibility test set-up was designed and tested based on the concrete bridge deck cracking and delamination mechani...

    Authors: Giri Venkiteela, Matthew Klein, Husam Najm and Perumalsamy Naidu Balaguru
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2017 11:208
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  9. Experimental research on the technical characteristics of lightweight concretes incorporating scoria was conducted. The objective of this research is to investigate the feasibility and effectiveness of the use...

    Authors: Eddie Franck Rajaonarison, Alexandre Gacoin, Roger Randrianja, Velomanantsoa Gabriely Ranaivoniarivo and Bam Haja Nirina Razafindrabe
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2017 11:204
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  10. Tubular reinforced concrete columns of air-cooling condenser structures, which undertake the most weight of air cooling equipment, are the major components to resist lateral forces under earthquake. Once colla...

    Authors: Ning-jun Du, Guo-liang Bai, Ya-zhou Xu and Chao-gang Qin
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2017 11:207
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  11. Fire damage to concrete causes contact-type defects that degrade its durability through impaired mechanical properties. Various nondestructive tests are used to evaluate defects induced by fire damage. Recentl...

    Authors: Gang-Kyu Park and Hong Jae Yim
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2017 11:211
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  12. Beam–column joints in existing concrete buildings might not satisfy the design requirements for seismic reinforcement details specified in current seismic design codes. Thus, in this study, various retrofit so...

    Authors: Gia Toai Truong, Ngoc Hieu Dinh, Jong-Chan Kim and Kyoung-Kyu Choi
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2017 11:203
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  13. This paper presents an experimental study of a new grouted splice connection for wall panels, called Welded Bar Sleeve (WBS). The connections were made from steel pipes and tested with incremental tensile, she...

    Authors: Jen Hua Ling, Ahmad Baharuddin Abd. Rahman, Izni Syahrizal Ibrahim and Zuhairi Abdul Hamid
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2017 11:202
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  14. The restrained thermal expansion of a pretensioned strand causes thermal prestress loss during steam curing until sufficient bond strength develops. The amount of thermal prestress loss is directly related to ...

    Authors: Chadon Lee, Sangmin Shin, Songhee Lee and Jeongha Oh
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2017 11:210
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  15. Proper curing of concrete is essential for achieving desirable mechanical properties. However, in a developing country like Bangladesh, curing is often neglected due to lack of proper knowledge and skill of lo...

    Authors: Shohana Iffat, Tanvir Manzur, Sayedur Rahman, Munaz Ahmed Noor and Nur Yazdani
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2017 11:196
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  16. Openings in slabs are usually required for many different applications such as aeriation ducts and air conditioning. Opening in concrete slabs due to cutouts significantly decrease the member stiffness. There ...

    Authors: Hamdy K. Shehab, Ahmed S. Eisa and Kareem A. El-Awady
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2017 11:186
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  17. A formula to estimate the yield displacement observed in the pushover analysis of coupled wall lateral force-resisting systems is presented. The estimate is based on the results of an analytical study of coupl...

    Authors: Enrique Hernández-Montes and Mark Aschheim
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2017 11:188
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  18. This paper presents the fibre-matrix interfacial properties of hooked end steel fibres embedded in ultra-high performance mortars with various water/binder (W/B) ratios. The principle objective was to improve ...

    Authors: Sadoon Abdallah, Mizi Fan and Xiangming Zhou
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2017 11:193
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  19. Post-earthquake observations revealed that seismic performance of beam-column connections in precast concrete structures affect the overall response extensively. Seismic design of precast reinforced concrete s...

    Authors: Sadik Can Girgin, Ibrahim Serkan Misir and Serap Kahraman
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2017 11:190
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  20. The control of the deformative behaviour of pre-stressed concrete roof elements for a satisfactory service performance is a main issue of their structural design. Slender light-weight wing-shaped roof elements...

    Authors: Bruno Dal Lago
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2017 11:187
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  21. In this study, the effects of water-to-binder (W/B) ratio and replacement ratio of blast furnace slag (BFS) on the compressive strength of concrete were first investigated to determine an optimized mixture. T...

    Authors: Jun-Mo Yang, Doo-Yeol Yoo, You-Chan Kim and Young-Soo Yoon
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2017 11:200
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  22. In this study, we propose a new equation that evaluates the shear strength of beam–column connections in reinforced concrete and steel beam (RCS) composite materials. This equation encompasses the effect of sh...

    Authors: Yun-Chul Choi, Ji-Ho Moon, Eun-Jin Lee, Keum-Sung Park and Kang Seok Lee
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2017 11:199
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  23. Tests of the lateral and torsional stability are quite sensitive to the experimental conditions, such as support conditions and loading system. Controlling all of these conditions in a full-size test is a very...

    Authors: Jong-Han Lee, Yong Myung Park, Chi-Young Jung and Jae-Bong Kim
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2017 11:198
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  24. An experimental evaluation of crack propagation and post-cracking behavior in steel fiber reinforced concrete (SFRC) beams, using full-field displacements obtained from the digital image correlation technique ...

    Authors: Sahith Gali and Kolluru V. L. Subramaniam
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2017 11:197
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  25. The objective of this work was finding out the most advisable testing conditions for an effective and robust characterization of the tensile strength (TS) of concrete disks. The independent variables were the ...

    Authors: Víctor J. García, Carmen O. Márquez, Alonso R. Zúñiga-Suárez, Berenice C. Zuñiga-Torres and Luis J. Villalta-Granda
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2017 11:194
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  28. A new approach for measuring the specific fracture energy of concrete denoted modified disk-shaped compact tension (MDCT) test is presented. The procedure is based on previous ideas regarding the use of compa...

    Authors: Héctor Cifuentes, Miguel Lozano, Táňa Holušová, Fernando Medina, Stanislav Seitl and Alfonso Fernández-Canteli
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2017 11:189
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  29. Chloride penetration is among the main causes of corrosion initiation in reinforced concrete (RC) structures producing premature degradations. Weather and exposure conditions directly affect chloride ingress m...

    Authors: Phu Tho Nguyen, Emilio Bastidas-Arteaga, Ouali Amiri and Charbel-Pierre El Soueidy
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2017 11:185
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  30. Residual axial capacity from numerical analysis was widely used as a critical indicator for damage assessment of reinforced concrete (RC) columns subjected to blast loads. However, the convergence of the numer...

    Authors: Zhong-Xian Li, Bo Zhong, Yanchao Shi and Jia-Bao Yan
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2017 11:201
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  31. The purpose of the paper is to determine the influence of two widely used steel fibers and polypropylene fibers on the sulphate crystallization resistance, freeze–thaw resistance and surface wettability of ult...

    Authors: Piotr Smarzewski and Danuta Barnat-Hunek
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2017 11:195
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  32. Strengthening reinforced concrete (RC) beams with openings by using aramid fiber reinforcement polymers (AFRP) on the beams’ surfaces offers a useful solution for upgrading concrete structures to carry heavy l...

    Authors: Bashir H. Osman, Erjun Wu, Bohai Ji and Suhaib S. Abdulhameed
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2017 11:182
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  33. Flat slab systems are vastly used in multi-story buildings because of their savings in story height and construction time, as well as for their flexibility in architectural remodeling. However, they frequently...

    Authors: Mohamed Husain, Ahmed S. Eisa and Ramy Roshdy
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2017 11:180
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  34. This study investigates the blast resistance of fiber-reinforced cementitious composite (FRCC) panels, with fiber volume fractions of 2%, subjected to contact explosions using an emulsion explosive. A number o...

    Authors: Jeongsoo Nam, Hongseop Kim and Gyuyong Kim
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2017 11:179
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  35. The action of rainwater on reinforced concrete walls has led to an erosion phenomenon. The erosion is very apparent when the walls are inclined. This phenomenon is studied on a real site characterized by diffe...

    Authors: Kawthar Hadja and Fattoum Kharchi
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2017 11:177
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  36. Research has suggested that conventional lightweight concrete can offer durability advantages due to reduced cracking tendency. Although a number of publications exist providing the results of laboratory-based...

    Authors: Tara L. Cavalline, Jeremy T. Calamusa, Amy M. Kitts and Brett Q. Tempest
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2017 11:176
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  37. The prediction of the actual ultimate capacity of confined concrete columns requires partial confinement utilization under eccentric loading. This is attributed to the reduction in compression zone compared to...

    Authors: Ahmed M. Abd El Fattah, Hayder A. Rasheed and Ahmed H. Al-Rahmani
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2017 11:178
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  38. The effects of different lightweight functional fillers on the properties of cement-based composites are investigated in this study. The fillers include fly ash cenospheres (FACs) and glass micro-spheres (GMS1...

    Authors: Asad Hanif, Zeyu Lu, Yu Cheng, Su Diao and Zongjin Li
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2017 11:184
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  39. To investigate the effectiveness of using fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) sheets in confining heat-damaged columns, 15 circular RC column specimens were tested under axial compression. The effects of heating du...

    Authors: Hanan Suliman Al-Nimry and Aseel Mohammad Ghanem
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2017 11:181
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  41. Although concrete is a noncombustible material, high temperatures such as those experienced during a fire have a negative effect on the mechanical properties. This paper studies the effect of elevated temperat...

    Authors: Muhammad Tufail, Khan Shahzada, Bora Gencturk and Jianqiang Wei
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2016 11:175
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  42. This paper presents results of an experimental investigation on the behaviour of bond between external glass fibre reinforced polymer reinforcement and concrete exposed to three different environmental conditi...

    Authors: Muhammad Ikramul Kabir, Bijan Samali and Rijun Shrestha
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2016 11:173
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  45. Reinforced concrete (RC) beams strengthened by externally bonded reinforcement often fail by debonding. This paper presents an experimental and analytical study aimed at better understanding and modeling the f...

    Authors: Reza Saeidi Moein and Abbas Ali Tasnimi
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2016 10:172
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  46. The resistance-demand approach has emerged as an effective approach for determining the shear capacity of reinforced concrete beams. This approach is based on the fact that both the shear resistance and shear ...

    Authors: Ahmed K. El-Sayed and Ahmed B. Shuraim
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2016 10:168
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  47. In this experimental study, six post-tensioned light weight concrete (LWC) continuous one-way slabs were tested in the following manner: the flexural behaviors of the members were compared with the calculation...

    Authors: Keun-Hyeok Yang, Yongjei Lee and Dae-Bong Joo
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2016 10:169
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  48. This study evaluated the mechanical characteristics and durability of porous concrete produced with a cementless binder based on ground granulated blast furnace slag (BFS), fly ash (FA) and flue gas desulfuriz...

    Authors: Jong-Won Lee, Young-Il Jang, Wan-Shin Park and Sun-Woo Kim
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2016 10:166
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  49. Polymer concrete (PC) has been favoured over Portland cement concrete when low permeability, high adhesion, and/or high durability against aggressive environments are required. In this research, a new class of...

    Authors: Sherif M. Daghash, Eslam M. Soliman, Usama F. Kandil and Mahmoud M. Reda Taha
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2016 10:165
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  50. Experimental studies were conducted on 36 grouted splices to investigate their mechanical performance under four loading schemes: (1) incremental tensile loading, (2) repeated tensile loading, (3) cyclic loadi...

    Authors: Feng Lin and Xiaobao Wu
    Citation: International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials 2016 10:156
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