Abstract: This paper presents results of an experimental study on the behavior of square and rectangular concrete-filled fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) tubes (CFFTs) under concentric compression. FRP tubes were designed as column ...

Abstract: Reinforced concrete (RC) beams and slabs are frequently strengthened or stiffened in flexure by adhesively bonding fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) plates to their surfaces using a strain-based moment-curvature design ...

Abstract: The ductility of a beam is important in reinforced concrete member design at the ultimate limit state, especially in resisting dynamic loads such as those from earthquakes or blasts. Concrete confinement reinforcement, ...

Abstract: A construction technique that uses steel decking as permanent and integral shuttering for the sides and soffits of reinforced concrete beams is described. Experimental tests on large‐scale profiled beams have shown that ...

Abstract: The technique of adhesively bonding steel or fiber-reinforced plastic plates to the surfaces of reinforced concrete (RC) structural elements is being adopted worldwide to strengthen or repair reinforced concrete buildings ...

Abstract: Despite significant experimental, numerical and analytical research, the shear behavior of reinforced concrete members remains one of the least well understood mechanisms in reinforced concrete. Because of the complexity ...

Abstract: In the companion paper, based on the theories of partial interaction and shear friction, a mechanics-based segmental approach, which can cope with any cross section and material property, was developed to simulate the shear ...

Abstract: In the design of new composite steel and concrete bridge beams, the shear connectors are assumed to transmit all of the longitudinal shear forces at the interface between the concrete slab and the steel beam. However, in ...

Abstract: Forum papers are thought-provoking opinion pieces or essays founded in fact, sometimes containing speculation, on a civil engineering topic of general interest and relevance to the readership of the journal. The views ...