Concrete is a building material that withstands environmental actions for centuries.
Development of concrete technologies enables building up the lightweight, slender, and …

Cracking in R/C members is a complex phenomenon characterized by high scattering,
mainly affected by concrete in tensile zone. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the …

The concrete cracking is simulated by the finite element method combined with the
constitutive model based on the nonlinear fracture mechanics. The model uncertainties for …

Due to the highly complex cracking behaviour of reinforced concrete structures, their design
for serviceability is one of the most challenging tasks of engineering practice. Existing test …

Cracking effects are the intrinsic attribute of serviceability analysis of reinforced concrete
elements. These effects are the research object of numerous studies, which have been …

Constraints from imposed deformations are external constraints that occur, for example,
through differential settlements in statically indeterminate systems and are directly …

Various types of materials and technologies have been developed either for reinforcing or
strengthening concrete structures. However, there is no uniform methodology to quantify and …

Experimental and numerical studies have been carried out on reinforced concrete (RC)
short tensile specimens. Double pull-out tests employed rectangular RC elements of a …

The analysis of the mechanical behaviour of a reinforced concrete tie subjected to a
monotonic loading in the stabilized cracking stage is performed here by way of a theoretical …

Extensive experimental investigations were carried out to investigate the serviceability
(deformations and crack opening width) of fiber–reinforced polymers (FRP) reinforced …