Abstract: The need to avoid rework or rectification, even before a facility is put into operation, cannot be overemphasized. Rework can be studied from two points of view: (1) its root causes, focusing on individual managerial ...

Abstract: Some of the steel bars used in reinforced concrete construction experience plastic strain due to various operations at construction sites. The present work concentrates on the corrosion behavior of such prestrained reinforced ...

Abstract: Scaling, erosion, and cracking are some manifestations of deterioration of concrete surfaces due to chemical attack, exposure to cyclic freezing and thawing, and so forth. Though a rating of the surface can be done visually ...

Abstract: Artificial neural network (ANN) and regression models are developed for the estimation of concrete slump using concrete constituent data. The concrete mix constituent and slump data from laboratory tests have been employed ...

Abstract: Many reinforced concrete (RC) structures use thermomechanically treated (TMT) bars as reinforcement and are designed to withstand fire loads. Though the properties of mild steel at elevated temperatures have been extensively ...

Abstract: Although the potential of continuous fiber reinforced polymers (FRPs) was recognized more than 50 years ago, bottlenecks such as vulnerability to static fatigue, ultraviolet radiation, alkaline environment, etc., continued ...

Abstract: Many reinforced concrete (RC) structures use thermomechanically treated (TMT) bars as reinforcement and are designed to withstand fire loads. Though the properties of mild steel at elevated temperatures have been extensively ...