Investigating the effect of prior damage on the post-earthquake fire resistance of reinforced concrete portal frames

HR Ronagh, B Behnam - International Journal of Concrete Structures and …, 2012 - Springer
Post-earthquake fire (PEF) can lead to a rapid collapse of buildings that have been partially
damaged as a result of a prior earthquake. Almost all standards and codes for the design of …

Numerical investigation of the parameters influencing the behaviour of FRP shear-strengthened beams

A Godat, P Labossière, KW Neale - Construction and Building Materials, 2012 - Elsevier
A finite element model developed to identify the parameters that have the most influence on
the behaviour of FRP shear-strengthened beams is presented. The parameters investigated …

An engineering solution to improve post-earthquake fire resistance in important reinforced concrete structures

B Behnam, H Ronagh - Advances in Structural Engineering, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
An investigation based on sequential analysis is performed here on the Immediate
Occupancy performance level of important structures designed to the ACI 318–08 code after …

Numerical modeling of reinforced concrete beams under shear stress with and without external textile-reinforced concrete reinforcement

R Contamine, A Si-Larbi, NQ Than… - Journal of reinforced …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Numerical modeling of TRC strengthened reinforced concrete beams under shear stress
was studied. TRC strengthening consists of a mortar matrix reinforced by grid alkali resistant …

Post-earthquake fire performance-based behavior of reinforced concrete structures

B Behnama, HR Ronagh - Earthquakes and Structures, 2013 - koreascience.kr
Post-earthquake fire (PEF) can lead to a rapid collapse of buildings damaged partially as a
result of prior earthquake. Almost all standards and codes for the design of structures …

A study on the effect of sequential post-earthquake fire on the performance of reinforced concrete structures

B Behnam, H Reza Ronagh - International Journal of Structural …, 2014 - emerald.com
Purpose–Post-earthquake fire (PEF) can lead to a rapid collapse of structures partially
damaged by earthquake. As there is almost no established PEF provisions by codes and …

Performance-based vulnerability assessment of multi-story reinforced concrete structures exposed to pre-and post-earthquake fire

B Behnam, H Ronagh - Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Post-earthquake fire can potentially bring about much more damage than the earthquake
itself. Performing a vulnerability assessment for a structure that has already sustained …

Firewalls and post-earthquake fire resistance of reinforced-concrete frames

B Behnam, HR Ronagh - Proceedings of the Institution of Civil …, 2016 - icevirtuallibrary.com
Post-earthquake fire (PEF) contributes significantly to loss of life and property following large
earthquakes in urban regions. In the absence of adequate PEF provisions in the codes and …

Numerical Investigation of the Shear Transfer Stress of Uncracked Concrete That Has Been Externally Strengthened with FRP Laminates

M Fazelipour, E Dehghani - Practice Periodical on Structural …, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
This study numerically investigated the effect of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) laminates on
the shear transfer capacity of strengthened push-off concrete specimens. The numerical …

Nonlinear finite element modelling of FRP shear-strengthened prestressed and reinforced concrete beams

MK Qapo - 2016 - etheses.bham.ac.uk
There is a global pressing need for shear strengthening of existing concrete infrastructure.
Fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) composites can be effectively used to enhance the shear …