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The present study focuses on enhancing the seismic resistance of existing masonry structures. To that aim, the use of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) strengthening serves to improve structural behaviour by attaching FRP strips to the masonry walls. Despite ...

Carefully extracting reinforced concrete (RC) elements from soon-to-be demolished structures and reusing them as load-bearing components is an emerging circular low-carbon alternative to building new structures. As floor construction typically accounts for ...

The reuse of concrete pieces salvaged from structures undergoing transformation or demolition into new architectural projects has gained a sudden and visible interest over the past five years. However, the practice of reusing concrete pieces in new structu ...

In this thesis, we conduct a comprehensive investigation into structural instabilities of both elastic and magneto-elastic beams and shells, resulting in a creative proposal to design a programmable braille reader. Methodologically, we combine numerical si ...

Estimating the stress of reinforcing bars and its variations in service conditions can be useful to determine the reserve capacity of structures or to assess the risk of fatigue in the reinforcement. This paper investigates the use crack width measurements ...

Iron-based shape memory alloys (Fe-SMAs) are e-merging materials with extensive application in civil structures owing to their unique properties, including the shape memory effect. However, it is crucial to understand the time dependent behavior of Fe-SMAs ...

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Small scale (1:30-1:40) Reinforced Concrete is useful for centrifuge testing. However, manufacturing the reinforcing cages by hand at this scale is practically difficult. This paper suggests that small scale reinforcement can be manufactured using a metal ...

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Soft robots are being increasingly developed and deployed for underwater applications such as exploration, monitoring, and rescue owing to their innate compliance, mechanical and chemical stability, and waterproof properties. However, they are still predom ...

Codes of practice can be overly conservative, particularly for the shear resistance of reinforced concrete beams with shear reinforcement when large loads act close to supports. This thesis addresses the topic by proposing a refined design approach based o ...

A large part of building demolitions is motivated by purely socio-economic reasons. Hence, about-to-be-demolished structures, commonly made of reinforced concrete, very often present no or little degradation. When adaptive reuse of the entire building is n ...

Fiber-polymer composites consist of a polymer matrix and reinforcing fibers made of various materials. These composites exhibit exceptional properties, such as a high strength-to-weight ratio and excellent corrosion resistance, which has led to their incre ...

Bamboo deployable structures take advantage of the high elasticity of the naturally grown material to achieve substantial shape change beyond mechanical deployment. The deployability maximizes prefabrication while maintaining transportation compactness. Th ...

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Next generation synthetic fibers UHPFRC for sustainable structural applications

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Numerical Modeling of FRP-Strengthened Masonry Structures Using Equivalent Frame Models

FLO:RE – A new floor system made of reused reinforced concrete and steel elements

Structural component reuse of precast and cast-in-place reinforced concrete in architecture since the late 1960s in Europe

Instabilities in Elastic and Magneto-Elastic Beams and Shells: from Shell Buckling to the Design of a Programmable Braille Reader

Estimation of the bar stress based on crack width measurements in reinforced concrete structures

Characterization of low-temperature creep and stress relaxation of an iron-based shape memory alloy (Fe-SMA) using in-situ synchrotron diffraction

Decarbonization potential of steel fibre-reinforced limestone calcined clay cement concrete one-way slabs

Additively manufactured steel reinforcement for small scale reinforced concrete modeling: Tensile and bond behavior

Reuse of cut concrete slabs in new buildings for circular ultra-low-carbon floor designs

Shear and steel-fibre reinforcement for the punching resistance of flat slabs at internal and edge columns

Computational Homogenization for Inverse Design of Surface-based Inflatables

Edible Soft Actuators based on Konjac Glucomannan for Underwater Operation

Experimental and analytical investigation of shear-reinforced concrete and dowel action

Reusability assessment of reinforced concrete components prior to deconstruction from obsolete buildings

Two-dimensional quasi-static delamination in composite laminates under Mode-I and Mode-II conditions

Integrative structural design methods for bamboo woven deployable structures: The BamX! Research Pavilion

Additive Manufacturing of Bioinspired Mineral-Based Composites