The number of underground tunnels used for transportation has markedly increased globally
during the past decade. This has resulted in an increased number of tunnel fire incidents …

Ageing concrete infrastructures are known to be facing deterioration, especially regarding
the corrosion of their reinforcing steel. As a solution, glass fibre-reinforced plastic (GFRP) …

Aerogel-based renders have been the subject of research in the last few years due to their
high thermal insulation characteristics and the need for buildings to become more energy …

Concrete strength gain can be significantly affected by the initial characteristics of the raw
materials. Unfortunately, information on the potential influence of the initial water pH on …

Reliable data on concrete deformation at high temperatures are critical to ensure the
suitable predictive capability of the models for such important deformation-related properties …

Reinforced concrete (RC) structures are usually exposed to fire in actual engineering. A
three-dimensional nonlinear finite element model was developed to predict the thermal and …

Concrete is one of the most common and versatile construction materials and has been
used under a wide range of environmental conditions. Temperature is one of them, which …

Thermal instability of high-performance concretes is a topical subject. Research in this area
uses experimental and modelling approaches which have two main aims: understanding the …

This study focuses on the thermoelastic behavior of simply supported thick beams with
temperature-dependent material properties under thermomechanical loads. The heat …

The general concept of temperature is thermodynamically defined in equilibrium somehow
predictable even for non-equilibrium; however, it presents some still controversial aspects …