Abstract: A simple procedure to calibrate the safety factor of capacity models is presented. The calibration can be carried out based on any available database of experimental tests, even of limited size. The procedure aims to assess ...

Abstract: The effects of inelastic buckling on monotonic and cyclic behavior of reinforcing steel bars are studied. Experimental tests show that this phenomenon occurs when the ratio between length and diameter of the bar exceeds ...

Abstract: This paper presents a new reinforced concrete beam finite element that explicitly accounts for the slip between the reinforcing bars and the surrounding concrete. The element formulation combines the fiber-section model ...

Abstract: This paper deals with the development of shear capacity equations for composite truss beams (CTBs). These equations are obtained from a purposely developed mechanics-based shear model. As opposed to commonly used approaches ...

Abstract: The scope of this paper is to present a possible methodology for the calibration of partial safety factors for the design of strengthening measures of reinforced-concrete (RC) members using fiber-reinforced plastic (FRP). ...

Abstract: A simple probability-based method is presented for assessing the state of existing bridges under scenario earthquakes in order to define their current safety level and eventually decide the need for strengthening interventions. ...

Abstract: Floors made of precast concrete hollow-core slabs may be constructed without a structural concrete topping and with transverse tie reinforcement placed only out of the slabs. Longitudinal joints between adjacent precast ...

Abstract: A uniaxial model for concrete confined with fiber-reinforced polymers (FRP), but also with steel jackets or conventional transverse reinforcement, is presented. The model, which is suitable to be inserted into fiber-type ...

Abstract: An efficient material model was developed for reinforcing steel in reinforced concrete (RC) columns that implicitly incorporates the degrading effects of bar-buckling. Utilizing the beam-on-springs model developed by the ...