Abstract: A reinforced concrete beam section with a through‐thickness edge crack in the stretched part is considered. The eccentric axial force transmitted by the reinforcement to the concrete beam element, is estimated by means of ...

Abstract: A mechanical model for the cross section of a reinforced concrete beam is proposed. Attention is focused on the local phenomena relating to the cross section, while the phenomena relating to the beam element to which the ...

Abstract: This investigation concerns the structural stability of two medieval buildings, “Torre Sineo” and “Torre Astesiano,” rising in the center of Alba, a characteristic town in Piedmont, Italy. The geometrical and structural ...

Abstract: The aim of the present paper is to evaluate the complex oscillatory behavior, i.e., the transition to chaos, in damaged nonlinear structures under excitation. In the present paper, Part II, ...

Abstract: The aim of the present paper is to evaluate the complex oscillatory behavior, i.e., the transition toward deterministic chaos, in damaged nonlinear structures under excitation. In the present ...

Abstract: In this paper, we present a fracture-mechanics based model, the so-called bridged crack model (, 1981, “A Fracture Mechanics Model for Reinforced Concrete Collapse,” Proc. of IABSE Colloquium ...

Abstract: The size effects in compression on drilled cylindrical concrete specimens obtained from a unique concrete block over a large scale range (1:19) are analyzed. The experimental results show scale ...

Abstract: A nonlinear fracture mechanics model is proposed for analysis of the flexural behavior of brittle-matrix composites with uniformly distributed secondary phases. In accordance with the Barenblatt-Dugdale model the bridging ...

Abstract: Joining of different materials is a situation frequently observed in mechanical engineering and in materials science. Due to the difference in the elastic properties of the constituent materials, ...

Abstract: Masonry arch structures, and, more generally, vaulted structures, are traditionally assessed using a well-established approach, such as linear elasticity or limit analysis, whereby system behavior at the intermediate ...