Abstract: A nonlocal damage model is used to reproduce typical uniaxial tension tests with reference to a normal strength concrete. A strip and a notched plate subjected to uniaxial tension are first investigated in order to have ...

Abstract: A model developed for the study of the individual contributions to shear capacity in reinforced concrete (RC) and prestressed concrete (PC) thin-webbed beams is improved here by introducing dowel action, nonuniform ...

Abstract: The resistant mechanisms of reinforced and prestressed thin‐webbed beams failing in shear are effective on the condition that the web reinforcement and thickness are suitably designed. With regard to this, a rational model ...

Abstract: The study investigates the seismic response of the Azzone Visconti Bridge, which is a fourteenth century stone arch bridge crossing the Adda River in northern Italy. Based on previous extensive three-dimensional (3D) ...

Abstract: Advanced numerical modeling of high-strength concrete (fc>60  MPa) structures designed to withstand severe thermal conditions requires detailed and reliable information on the mechanical properties of the material exposed ...