Two one-story, single-span concrete frames with different bay to height ratios (B/H1) are considered in order to evaluate the vulnerability of concrete structures equipped with metallic yielding elements (YE) against ...

The determination of the thermal conductivity coefficient of construction materials is very important in terms of fulfilling the condition of comfort, durability of construction materials, the economy of country and ...

A better understanding and modeling of breaking waves is important for coastal engineering. This article concerns the plunging wave break over a slope bottom considering unsteady, incompressible viscous flow with free ...

To provide low cost residential buildings for shelter of growing population is a challenge in Pakistan. In its plains, it is more economical to use clay as material of construction instead of reinforced cement concrete due ...

Seismic loads on bridges may cause large damaging forces in the substructure. Isolation and energy dissipating elements or a combination of the two have been used to reduce the transmitted forces caused by seismic loading. ...

This paper describes an experimental study conducted to investigate the properties of concretes produced with recycled aggregates and normal aggregates for two different concrete classes (C20/25, C30/37). Tests of compressive ...

The development of transportation in large cities requires the construction of twin-tunnels or the construction of new tunnels close to the existing ones. Since both the relative position of tunnels and the construction ...

In this article Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical (THM) response of saturated clays has been studied. For this purpose, the finite element program PISA, which is able to simulate coupled THM analysis, has been employed. Due to the ...

Central Force Optimisation (CFO) is a nature-inspired conceptual framework with roots in gravitational kinematics, a branch of physics that models the motion of masses moving under the in uence of gravity. This paper ...