Damage location, quantification and characterization of steel-concrete composite beams using acoustic emission

D Li, JH Nie, H Wang, JB Yan, CX Hu, P Shen - Engineering Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
In the hogging moment regions of steel-concrete composite beams that have been widely
used in bridges and buildings nowadays, the concrete slabs are vulnerable to cracks and …

Acoustic emission monitoring and damage assessment of FRP-strengthened reinforced concrete columns under cyclic loading

G Ma, H Li - Construction and Building Materials, 2017 - Elsevier
Fiber-reinforced polymers (FRPs) have been widely used for the seismic strengthening of
reinforced concrete (RC) structures in seismic regions across the world during the last …

Effect of carbon nanotubes on strengthening of RC beams retrofitted with carbon fiber/epoxy composites

MR Irshidat, MH Al-Saleh, H Almashagbeh - Materials & Design, 2016 - Elsevier
The effect of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) in improving the strengthening efficiency of carbon
fiber/epoxy composites retrofitted reinforced concrete (RC) beams was investigated. A total …

Detection and evaluation of cracks in the concrete buffer of the Belgian Nuclear Waste container using combined NDT techniques

S Iliopoulos, DG Aggelis, L Pyl, J Vantomme… - … and Building Materials, 2015 - Elsevier
The long term management of high-level and heat emitting radioactive waste is a worldwide
concern, as it directly influences the environment and future generations. To address this …

Failure behavior of CFRP-strengthened reinforced concrete beam–column joints under reversed-cyclic lateral loading: mechanical and acoustic emission …

S Tayfur, N Alver, E Türk, M Menteşoğlu… - Structural Engineering …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This paper investigates the failure behavior of reinforced concrete beam-column joints
(BCJs) strengthened with different schemes of carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) and …

Study of fracture evolution in FRP-strengthened reinforced concrete beam under cyclic load by acoustic emission technique: An integrated mechanical-acoustic …

E Selman, A Ghiami, N Alver - Construction and Building Materials, 2015 - Elsevier
Acoustic emission (AE) is an effective tool to evaluate the damage progression qualitatively
and it can be used to assess important damage mechanism points of a structural element …

Acoustic emission characterization of damage sources of lightweight hybrid concrete beams

DG Aggelis, S De Sutter, S Verbruggen… - Engineering Fracture …, 2019 - Elsevier
Lightweight hybrid concrete beams are advantageous in terms of installation, but their
mechanical behaviour is not easy to predict due to their heterogeneity. In the present study …

Behavior of a 60-year-old reinforced concrete box beam strengthened with basalt fiber-reinforced polymers using steel plate anchorage

D Shen, Y Jiao, M Li, C Liu, W Wang - Journal of Advanced Concrete …, 2021 - jstage.jst.go.jp
In the past twenty years, fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) has been utilized broadly to
strengthen concrete structures for its superiority. The influence of FRP and end anchorage …

Fracture monitoring of lightweight composite-concrete beams

S De Sutter, S Verbruggen, T Tysmans, DG Aggelis - Composite Structures, 2017 - Elsevier
Lightweight composite-concrete beams are advantageous in terms of installation, but their
mechanical and fracture behaviour is not easy to predict due to their inherent heterogeneity …

Flexural strength recovery of heat-damaged RC beams using carbon nanotubes modified CFRP

MR Irshidat, MH Al-Saleh - Construction and Building Materials, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper reports on the influence of using carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on flexural strength
recovery of heat-damaged RC beams repaired with carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) …