Uncertainty of the smeared crack model applied to RC beams

A Rimkus, V Cervenka, V Gribniak… - Engineering Fracture …, 2020 - Elsevier
A finite element model simulates concrete cracking using a smeared crack approach. The
uncertainty of the crack width model is verified by the experimental data from tests of …

Prediction of long-term deflections of reinforced-concrete members using a novel swarm optimized extreme gradient boosting machine

H Nguyen, NM Nguyen, MT Cao, ND Hoang… - Engineering with …, 2022 - Springer
During the life cycle of buildings and infrastructure systems, the deflection of reinforced-
concrete members generally increases due to both internal and external factors. Accurate …

Characterization of concrete shrinkage induced strains in internally-restrained RC structures by distributed optical fiber sensing

MF Bado, JR Casas, A Dey, CG Berrocal… - Cement and Concrete …, 2021 - Elsevier
The present paper reports the result of an inter-university experimental investigation on
concrete shrinkage induced strains on embedded rebars instrumented with Distributed …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative analysis of deformations and tension-stiffening in concrete beams reinforced with GFRP or steel bars and fibers

V Gribniak, G Kaklauskas, L Torres, A Daniunas… - Composites Part B …, 2013 - Elsevier
Present research experimentally and theoretically investigates deformations and tension-
stiffening in concrete beams with different types of reinforcement. The paper reports test …

Deflection prediction of reinforced concrete beams by design codes and computer simulation

V Gribniak, V Cervenka, G Kaklauskas - Engineering Structures, 2013 - Elsevier
The paper statistically investigates accuracy of predictions of short-term deflections. The
comparative study was based on the predictions made by design codes (Eurocode 2, ACI …

Direct generation of finite element mesh using 3D laser point cloud

L Cui, L Zhou, Q Xie, J Liu, B Han, T Zhang, H Luo - Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
An approach for the finite element (FE) mesh generation of tunnel structures considering the
lack of detail, low automation, and intermediate link transformation in the FE mesh …

Early estimation of the long-term deflection of reinforced concrete beams using surrogate models

NM Nguyen, WC Wang, MT Cao - Construction and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper describes the development and testing of a novel artificial intelligence-based
inference model for the early prediction of long-term deflection in RC beams, which is a …

Eliminating shrinkage effect from moment curvature and tension stiffening relationships of reinforced concrete members

G Kaklauskas, V Gribniak - Journal of Structural Engineering, 2011 - ascelibrary.org
Experimental results on cracking and deformation behavior of RC members subjected to
short-term loading are frequently misinterpreted because shrinkage effect is not taken into …

Flexural capacity and stiffness of monolithic biaxial hollow slabs

J Valivonis, B Jonaitis, R Zavalis… - Journal of Civil …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The article presents a research on flexural behaviour of hollow monolithic reinforced
concrete slabs. It focuses on the results of experimental investigation into full-size hollow …

Advanced time-series prediction of bridge long-term deflection using the learning models

S Zhu, M Yang, T Xiang, X Xu, Y Li - Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper presents a deep learning-based time-series prediction model to estimate the
long-term deflection of a large-span railway bridge, taking into account parametric …