Abstract: A high-rise building with pile-raft foundation suddenly experienced extraordinary settlements and seriously tilted after 6 years of use in Wenzhou, a city in southeastern China. Some investigations were conducted and several ...

Abstract: This paper reports comparative studies of the fire behavior of partially encased composite beams (PECBs), slim-floor composite beams (SFCBs), and fully encased composite beams (FECBs) using validated numerical models. The ...