Torres Górriz, Benjamín; Bertolesi, Elisa; Calderón García, Pedro Antonio; Moragues, Juan J; Adam, Jose M(Elsevier, 2019-03-15)
[EN] Up-and-down cyclical displacement of supports-foundations, due for example to the presence of expansive soils, can affect the integrity of a structure and may even lead to its collapse. A recent study carried out at ...
Sangiorgio, V.; Uva, G.; Fatiguso, F.; Adam, Jose M(Elsevier, 2019-06)
[EN] Exposure to an aggressive marine atmosphere can seriously harm reinforced concrete (RC) structures and affects a building's service life. In particular, buildings close to the sea are at high risk of suffering damage, ...
Calderón García, Pedro Antonio; Alvarado Vargas, Yezid Alexander; Adam Martínez, José Miguel(Elsevier, 2011-05)
This paper presents a new simplified procedure for estimating loads on slabs and shoring during the construction of multistorey buildings. The new procedure takes into account the actual stiffness of the shoring and for ...
Lacuesta Carrión, César Damián; Romero García, Manuel Luis; Lapuebla-Ferri, Andrés; Adam Martínez, José Miguel(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-06-05)
[EN] In this work, a non-linear 3D numerical model to study concrete-filled tubular (CFST) columns is presented. The numerical model is capable to consider the passive confinement that occurs in the concrete core of CFST ...
Alvarado Vargas, Yezid Alexander; Calderón García, Pedro Antonio; Gasch, Isabel; Adam Martínez, José Miguel(ELSEVIER SCI LTD, 2010-10)
This paper contains a summary and evaluation of an experimental research project carried out at the ICITECH laboratories, Valencia, Spain. The project consisted of the construction of a full-scale building that included a ...
[EN] Building progressive collapse is currently one of the hottest topics in the structural engineering field. Most of the research carried out to date on this topic has been focused on the structural analysis of the failure ...
Alvarado Vargas, Yezid Alexander; Calderón García, Pedro Antonio; Adam Martínez, José Miguel; Paya-Zaforteza, Ignacio; Pellicer, Teresa M.; Pallarés Rubio, Francisco Javier; Moragues, Juan J(ELSEVIER SCI LTD, 2009-09)
This paper describes a full-scale test on a building constructed so as to enable study of the transmission of loads between slabs and shores during the processes of shoring and striking. The experimental model consisted ...
Ortega, Irene; Pellicer, Teresa M.; Adam, Jose M; Calderón García, Pedro Antonio(Elsevier, 2018)
[EN] This paper describes a study carried out in the ICITECH laboratories (Universitat Politècnica de València) on RC columns repaired on all four sides with cementitious-based mortars. A total of 18 specimens were tested, ...
Garzón Roca, Julio; Ruiz Pinilla, Joaquín Guillermo; Adam Martínez, José Miguel; Calderón García, Pedro Antonio(Elsevier, 2011-02)
Among the different methods of strengthening RC columns, steel caging is one of the most extensively used, for square or rectangular cross-section columns. Few studies have been carried out on steel caging and most of these ...
Torres Górriz, Benjamín; Paya-Zaforteza, I.; Calderón García, Pedro Antonio; Adam Martínez, José Miguel(Elsevier, 2011-02)
Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) is a topic of great interest in structural engineering due to the ageing of the built infrastructures and the growing use of innovative structural systems and construction materials. ...
Bono Mata, Inés(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2017-10-18)
[EN] The city of Valencia has a large underground network that makes urban mobility easier for citizens. The construction of the new underground line T2 was planned a long time ago. This line will run from north to south ...
Pérez Esteban, Francisco Javier(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-12-28)
[EN] Al parc eòlic "Abuela de Santa Ana" en la localitat de Pozo Lorente (Albacete), es va produir el col·lapse sobtat de un aerogenerador tipus GE Energy 1.5 als pocs messos de la seua instalación. El col·lapse es va ...
Muñoz Ferrando, Jesús(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2011-10-03)
Revisión bibliográfica de normativa nacional e internacional sobre ménsulas cortas de hormigón armado. Identificación de tipologías de patología. Estado del conocimiento entre los técnicos competentes. Planteamiento de un ...
Buitrago, Manuel; Sagaseta, Juan; Adam, Jose M(Elsevier, 2020-02-01)
[EN] The risk of structural failure of buildings can be significant during construction. Temporary adjustable telescopic steel shores or props are commonly used in building construction. The failure of shores is sudden and ...
Ortega, Irene; Pellicer, Teresa M.; Calderón García, Pedro Antonio; Adam, Jose M(Elsevier, 2018)
[EN] This paper describes and analyses the results of an experimental programme carried out at the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia on 18 reinforced concrete (RC) columns, 12 of which had been repaired on one side with ...
Jørgensen, Caroline; Grastveit, Ragnhild; Garzón Roca, Julio; Paya-Zaforteza, I.; Adam Martínez, José Miguel(Elsevier, 2013-11)
The use of steel caging for strengthening a reinforced concrete (RC) column is an economical and common solution. However, the design of the optimum steel cage is a complex task. Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) has shown ...
Garzón Roca, Julio; Adam Martínez, José Miguel; Calderón García, Pedro Antonio(Elsevier, 2011-05)
The steel caging technique is used to strengthen RC columns all over the world, as it has been shown to be effective, economical and easy to apply. Most studies carried out to date on this strengthening technique have ...
López Patiño, Mª Gracia; Adam Martínez, José Miguel; Verdejo Gimeno, Pedro; Milani, Gabriele(Elsevier, 2017)
[EN] From the early 19th to the middle of the 20th century, brick chimneys formed part of the industrial landscape. As technology advanced, factories were abandoned and became absorbed by the cities growing around them but ...
Ortega, Irene; Pellicer, Teresa M.; Calderón García, Pedro Antonio; Adam, Jose M(Elsevier, 2018)
[EN] This paper describes an experimental study on patch-repaired reinforced concrete columns subjected to axial loads until failure. The behaviour of four series of columns repaired with Class R3 and R4 cement-based mortar ...