Experimental study of the flexural behaviour of RC beams made of eco-friendly sawdust concrete and strengthened by a wooden plate

AM Maglad, W Mansour, S Fayed, BA Tayeh… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
In this paper, the effectiveness of the strengthening by a wooden plate for reinforced
concrete (RC) beams that incorporate waste sawdust (SD) as a partial substitute for fine …

A deep learning approach for autonomous compression damage identification in fiber-reinforced concrete using piezoelectric lead zirconate titanate transducers

GM Sapidis, I Kansizoglou, MC Naoum… - Sensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
Effective damage identification is paramount to evaluating safety conditions and preventing
catastrophic failures of concrete structures. Although various methods have been introduced …

Behavior of non-prismatic RC beams with conventional steel and green GFRP rebars for sustainable infrastructure

S Suparp, I Khan, A Ejaz, K Khan, U Weesakul… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
This study presents an experimental and finite element analysis of reinforced concrete
beams with solid, hollow, prismatic, or non-prismatic sections. In the first part, a total of six …

A vibration-based 1DCNN-BiLSTM model for structural state recognition of RC beams

X Chen, J Jia, J Yang, Y Bai, X Du - Mechanical Systems and Signal …, 2023 - Elsevier
The vibration signal analysis-based structural health monitoring (SHM) system has been
widely used for bridge condition identification. With the development of artificial intelligence …

[HTML][HTML] Failure modes and non-destructive testing techniques for fiber-reinforced polymer composites

MM Azad, J Jung, MU Elahi, M Sohail, P Kumar… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
Prognostics and health management (PHM) is an enabling technology essential for the safe
operation and conditional maintenance of any engineering system. Over the past two …

Concrete implantable bar enabled smart sensing technology for structural health monitoring

Z Yang, Y Li, X Sang, Y Ding, B Ma, Q Chen… - Cement and Concrete …, 2023 - Elsevier
This work proposes a concrete implantable bar (CIB) enabled smart sensing technology for
the detection of concrete beam damage. Instead of the conventional technique that posts the …

Failure mode prediction of unreinforced masonry (URM) walls retrofitted with cementitious textile reinforced mortar (TRM)

AK Thomoglou, MA Karabini, DV Achillopoulou… - Fibers, 2023 - mdpi.com
The brittle failure of unreinforced masonry (URM) walls when subjected to in-plane loads
present low shear strength remains a critical issue. The investigation presented in this paper …

Damage localization on reinforced concrete slab structure using electromechanical impedance technique and probability-weighted imaging algorithm

D Ai, D Zhang, H Zhu - Construction and Building Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Damage localization plays a key role in structural damage identification and health
monitoring. This paper proposed a new damage localization approach using …

Flexure-critical stress and damage identification in RC beam structure using embedded piezoelectric transducers: 2D modelling and experimental investigations

D Ai, H Li, H Zhu - Construction and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper proposed a real-time identification approach of flexure-critical stress and damage
in reinforced concrete (RC) beam structure using embedded Piezoelectric lead Zirconate …

Flexural and shear strengthening of RC beams reinforced with externally bonded CFRP laminates postfire exposure by experimental and analytical investigations

N Mejía, A Sarango, A Espinosa - Engineering Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
As reinforcing structural systems in RC (reinforced concrete) elements are continually
researched, more complex challenges in engineering are found that demand mathematical …