Use of recycled aggregate concrete in structural members: A review focused on Southeast Asia

RP Neupane, T Imjai, N Makul, R Garcia… - Journal of Asian …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This article presents a comprehensive review on the use of recycled concrete aggregate
(RCA) and recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) in construction, with emphasis on structural …

Strength degradation in curved Fiber-reinforced Polymer (FRP) bars used as concrete reinforcement

T Imjai, R Garcia, M Guadagnini, K Pilakoutas - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Steel reinforcements in concrete tend to corrode and this process can lead to structural
damage. Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) reinforcements represent a viable alternative for …

Mechanical performance of steel fibre reinforced rubberised concrete for flexible concrete pavements

A Alsaif, L Koutas, SA Bernal, M Guadagnini… - … and Building Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
This work aims to develop materials for flexible concrete pavements as an alternative to
asphalt concrete or polymer-bound rubber surfaces and presents a study on steel fibre …

[HTML][HTML] Behaviour of unconfined and FRP-confined rubberised concrete in axial compression

S Raffoul, R Garcia, D Escolano-Margarit… - … and Building Materials, 2017 - Elsevier
This article investigates the use of externally bonded Fibre Reinforced Polymer (FRP)
jackets to develop a novel high-strength, highly-deformable FRP Confined Rubberised …

Seismic behaviour of Exterior RC beam-column joints repaired and strengthened using post-tensioned metal straps

Y Helal, R Garcia, T Imjai, P Aosai… - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2024 - Springer
Exterior beam-column joints are the most vulnerable part of substandard reinforced concrete
(RC) buildings and are often the first to be damaged during earthquakes. This article …

[HTML][HTML] Strengthening of damaged low strength concrete beams using PTMS or NSM techniques

T Imjai, M Setkit, R Garcia, FP Figueiredo - Case Studies in Construction …, 2020 - Elsevier
This article presents the results of an analytical and experimental study on the performance
of rectangular reinforced concrete (RC) beams strengthened using either post-tension metal …

Shaking table tests and numerical investigations of a novel response-based adaptive control strategy for multi-story structures with magnetorheological dampers

ZR Wani, M Tantray, EN Farsangi - Journal of Building Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
This study presents a sequence of experimental and numerical studies conducted to
determine the performance of a novel response-based adaptive (RA) control strategy. The …

Retrofit of non-seismically designed beam-column joints by post-tensioned superelastic shape memory alloy bars

Ö Yurdakul, O Tunaboyu, Ö Avşar - Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2018 - Springer
A series of tests on three full-scale substandard exterior beam-column joints were performed
to investigate the efficiency of the proposed retrofit configuration, which is the use of …

Strengthening of RC beam-column joints using steel plate with shear connectors: Experimental investigation

A Ebanesar, H Gladston, EN Farsangi, SV Sharma - Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents experimental analyses on beam-column joints strengthened with steel
plate & steel plate with shear connectors subassemblies subjected to cyclic loading. For the …

Structural performance of RC columns retrofitted with steel-reinforced grout jackets under combined axial and lateral loading

GE Thermou, VK Papanikolaou, I Hajirasouliha - Engineering Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
The effectiveness of steel-reinforced grout (SRG) jacketing in improving the structural
performance of deficient reinforced concrete (RC) columns is experimentally investigated in …