Abstract: With the increasing focus on global warming, greenhouse gases emitted from abandoned and/or orphaned oil and gas wells (AOOGWs) has been a topic of increasing interest. The requirements around the world to plug AOOGWs vary, ...

Abstract: With the occurrence of devastating natural disasters worldwide, even though initially used interchangeably with green or environmental development, sustainability has evolved to possess social and economic implications as ...

Abstract: Concrete beams (girders) prestressed with steel cables are widely used in highway bridges. The prestressed steel cables are prone to area loss due to corrosion. The high stress level and deteriorated bond due to corrosion ...

Abstract: Cu-Al-Mn (CAM) shape memory alloys (SMAs) are cost effective, have a high low-cycle fatigue life and superelastic limit, and a wide temperature application range compared with other types of SMAs. These characteristics of ...

Abstract: Beam–column joints are critical in reinforced concrete moment-resisting frames. Adequately designed beam–column joints support the plastic hinging of the adjoining beams under seismic actions and transfer gravity loads, ...

Abstract: In this paper, the performance of a full-scale single-story confined masonry building was investigated by subjecting it to quasi-static cyclic loading. The configuration and materials used for the test specimen were typical ...

Abstract: Recently, single-crystal Cu-Al-Mn (CAM) superelastic alloy (SEA) bars have been developed to address the shortcomings of traditional Ni-Ti SEA bars, i.e., high cost, low workability, and lack of superelasticity at low ...