Abstract: A ball powder production facility recently experienced two subsequent explosions which occurred due to the detonation of 2,800 kg and 17,000 kg ball powder components in the mixer building and the temporary storage building, ...

Abstract: Many studies have been carried out on enhancing the positive moment capacity of the midspan areas of RC beams with fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) reinforcement under monotonic increasing loads. The present study focuses ...

Abstract: The determination of built-in material properties is a difficult step during the structural assessment of historical structures. Large variations of material characteristics and the difficulty of obtaining an adequate ...