Inventi Impact - Structure & Design
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Journal Scope:
Quarterly published in print and online ‘Inventi Rapid/Impact: Structure & Design’ publishes high quality unpublished as well as high impact pre-published research and reviews catering to the needs of researchers and professionals. This journal deals with all the aspects of structures and designs with particular emphasis on: infrastructure engineering, earthquake engineering, structure-fluid-soil interaction, wind engineering, fire engineering, blast engineering, structural reliability/stability, life assessment/integrity, structural health monitoring, multi-hazard engineering, structural dynamics, optimization, expert systems, experimental modelling, performance-based design, multiscale analysis, value engineering etc. Papers are especially encouraged in topics such as tall buildings, innovative structures, environmentally responsive structures, bridges, stadiums, commercial and public buildings, transmission towers, television and telecommunication masts, cooling towers, plates and shells, suspension structures, smart structures, nuclear reactors, dams, pressure vessels, pipelines, tunnels etc.
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TENSION STIFFENING APPROACH IN CONCRETE OF TENSIONED MEMBERS
This paper presents an analytical model to calibrate the tension stiffening effect of tensile reinforced concrete members. The tension stiffening behaviour is a primordial task in reinforced concrete mechanic field. In this model, the stress–strain relationship of the tension stiffening effect described in the cracking range is proposed. The application of the analytical expression for tensile r...
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BEHAVIOR OF LATERALLY DAMAGED PRESTRESSED CONCRETE BRIDGE GIRDERS REPAIRED WITH CFRP LAMINATES NDER STATIC AND FATIGUE LOADING
Many bridges are subject to lateral damage for their girders due to impact by over-height vehicles collision. In this study, the optimum configurations of carbon fiber reinforced polymers (CFRP) laminates were investigated to repair the laterally damaged prestressed concrete (PS) bridge girders. Experimental and analytical investigations were conducted to study the flexural behavior of 13 half-sca...
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HYBRID EFFECTS OF CARBON-GLASS FRP SHEETS IN COMBINATION WITH OR WITHOUT CONCRETE BEAMS
The use of carbon fibers (CF) and glass fibers (GF) were combined to strengthen concrete flexural members. In this study, data of tensile tests of 94 hybrid carbon-glass FRP sheets and 47 carbon and GF rovings or sheets were thoroughly investigated in terms of tensile behavior. Based on comparisons between the rule of mixtures and test data, positive hybrid effects were identified for various (GF/...
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APPLYING THE FERROCEMENT CONCEPT IN CONSTRUCTION OF CONCRETE BEAMS INCORPORATING REINFORCED MORTAR PERMANENT FORMS
This paper presents the results of an investigation aimed at developing reinforced concrete beams consisting of precast permanent U-shaped reinforced mortar forms filled with different types of core materials to be used as a viable alternative to the conventional reinforced concrete beam. To accomplish this objective, an experimental program was conducted and theoretical model was adopted. The exp...
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SHEAR RESISTANT MECHANISM INTO BASE COMPONENTS: BEAM ACTION AND ARCH ACTION IN SHEAR-CRITICAL RC MEMBERS
In the present paper, a behavioral model is proposed for study of the individual contributions to shear capacity in shearcritical reinforced concrete members. On the basis of the relationship between shear and bending moment (V = dM/dx) in beams subjected to combined shear and moment loads, the shear resistant mechanism is explicitly decoupled into the base components— beam action and arch actio...
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AN IMPROVED CWT-BASED ALGORITHM FOR THE GENERATION OF SPECTRUM-COMPATIBLE RECORDS
The seismic design of most civil structures is usually accomplished using the response spectrum approach or simplified equivalent lateral force methods. However, some special tasks require the use of dynamic time history analyses. In the nuclear industry, for example, dynamic analyses are required in the design verification and seismic assessment of critical buildings and in the development of ...
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