It is essential, for promoting the structural use of recycled aggregate concrete (RAC), to
understand the impact of the incorporation of recycled aggregate (RA) on the bond between …

The sliding of straight steel fiber within a hardened concrete matrix is considered as the final
stageofthe pull-out force resistance. Ifthe fiber has enough embedment length and the load …

Mechanical or geometrical interlock between steel bars and concrete directly affects the
bond strength in reinforced concrete structures. This aspect is usually neglected, or at least …

This study presents the probabilistic analysis of the inverse analysis of an excavation
problem. Two techniques are used during two successive stages. First, a genetic algorithm …

This paper presents a modeling-based relationship between fiber diameter and frictional
bond strength for steel macro-fiber (0.8-mm diameter) and glass micro-fiber (5–24-μm …

In fiber-reinforced concrete, it is important to choose an appropriate length in each fiber to
develop its full yield strength without a failure in the bond strength between the fiber and the …

This paper presents a series of single fiber pull-out tests on steel and glass fiber embedded
in a cementitious matrix. First, the phase of fiber sliding in the concrete matrix was defined …

A few international standards regulate the use of the high strength concrete, which may not
be adopted generally without consideration of the differences that can be among the …

This paper focuses on avalanche protection galleries. Horizontal and vertical structurally
reinforced concrete elements are modelled herein using the finite element code (FE), under …

This paper introduces a coupled approach between stochastic finite element methods and
an adaptive condensation technique for the analysis of nonlinear mechanical problems …