Abstract: The effects of four of the most common types of surface finish on the appearance of five varieties of ornamental granite, all widely used in building construction and selected for their different colors, were analyzed by ...

Abstract: This article presents a refinement of the rotating-angle softened truss model (RA-STM) for prestressed concrete (PC) membrane elements. To refine the RA-STM, an efficient solution procedure to solve the set of nonlinear ...

Abstract: AbstractThe objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of silica fume incorporation on the mechanical and microstructural properties of alkali-activated material based on iron ore tailings. Sodium hydroxide was ...