Monserrat López, Andrea; Miguel Sosa, Pedro; Bonet Senach, José Luís; Fernández Prada, Miguel Ángel(Elsevier, 2020-10-01)
[EN] Shear strength of reinforced concrete beams has been extensively studied by many experimental campaigns conducted on simply supported beams. This situation has led to implement empirical design formulations in codes ...
[EN] This research analyzes the solution of reinforced concrete joints reinforced with steel sections, known as steel reinforced concrete (SRC). The aim is to verify the improvement of the ductile characteristics of steel ...
Rueda-García, Lisbel; Bonet Senach, José Luís; Miguel Sosa, Pedro; Fernández Prada, Miguel Ángel(Elsevier, 2022-03-15)
[EN] The current increasing use of precast concrete elements and cast-in-place concrete slabs, namely concrete composite elements, in construction requires a better understanding of their behaviour in shear. In this work, ...
Navarro-Gregori, Juan; Eduardo José Mezquida Alcaraz; Serna Ros, Pedro; Echegaray-Oviedo, Javier Andres(Elsevier, 2016-06)
This paper aims at studying the shear contribution of steel fibres in concrete. Ten reinforced concrete (RC) and steel-fibre reinforced concrete (SFRC) initially uncracked push-off specimens were tested. Average normal and ...
BARRERA PUERTO, ANGELA; Bonet Senach, José Luís; Romero, Manuel L.; Miguel Sosa, Pedro(Elsevier, 2011-12)
The use of high strength concrete (HSC) in columns has become more frequent since a substantial reduction of the cross-section is obtained, meaning that slenderness increases for the same axial load and length, producing ...
Garzón Roca, Julio; Adam Martínez, José Miguel; Calderón García, Pedro Antonio; Valente, Isabel B.(Elsevier, 2012-07)
Steel caging is an effective, economical, easily applied and widely used method of strengthening RC columns. Based on the results of two experimental studies, this paper proposes the finite element modelling of RC columns ...
Almerich Chulia, Ana Isabel; Molines Cano, José Miguel; Martín Concepcion, Pedro Efrén; Rovira Soler, Juan Antonio(Trans Tech Publications, 2013)
[EN] Fire engineering is primarily to prevent loss of life or injury during a fire. Obviously the
best way to achieve this is to prevent ignition, minimizing fire spread and smoke, dying the fire before
it has fully ...
[EN] In the 20th century, reinforced concrete was one of the most popular building materials. It was formerly regarded as a material of outstanding durability and resilience, but over the past 50 years, it has revealed ...
Benet Morera, Irene(Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-02-27)
[EN] The project and construction of the German School of Valencia took place between 1957 and 1961 by the architects Pablo Navarro Alvargonzalez and Julio Trullenque (supervised by Rolf Dieter Weisse and Peter Müller) who ...
Ramón, José Enrique; Martínez, Isabel; Gandía-Romero, Jose M.; Soto Camino, Juan(Springer-Verlag, 2022-12)
[EN] Potential step voltammetry (PSV) was introduced in earlier works as an advantageous alternative to traditional methods for
measuring corrosion rate in reinforced concrete. The present study aims to improve PSV to ...
Vancoillie, Tijs(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-07-25)
La adaptación del método de las bielas y tirantes para el análisis de estructuras tridimensionales es un problema complejo. Los recientes análisis realizados por muchos investigadores desde una perspectiva parcial hacen ...
Demeyere, Anthony(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-07-12)
La adaptación del método de bielas y tirantes para el análisis de estructuras tridimensionales es un problema complejo. Los recientes análisis realizados por muchos investigadores desde una perspectiva parcial hacen que ...
Bendito, A.; Romero, Manuel L.; Bonet Senach, José Luís; Miguel Sosa, Pedro; Fernández Prada, Miguel Ángel(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2009-09)
[EN] This paper proposes a new equation for the effective length factor k-factor for reinforced concrete columns in braced frames.
The new formula is valid both for normal and high-strength concrete. The equation was ...
Monserrat López, Andrea; Miguel Sosa, Pedro; Bonet Senach, José Luís; Fernández Prada, Miguel Ángel(Elsevier, 2020-03-15)
[EN] Continuous reinforced concrete (RC) beams may develop significant plastic rotations to enable the redistribution of bending moments. These rotations occur at plastic hinges, which are subject to high shear forces. The ...
Lliso-Ferrando, Josep Ramon; Valcuende Payá, Manuel Octavio; Gasch, Isabel; Gandía-Romero, Jose M.(Instituto Interuniversitario de Investigación de Reconocimiento Molecular y Desarrollo Tecnológico, 2019-07-05)
[EN] Corrosion of the steel embedded in reinforced concrete is one the biggest problems that affects concrete structures durability. High alkalinity of this material protects the steel creating a passive layer, which ...
Elayyachi Bousejra, Nour el Houda(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2020-01-20)
[ES] El museo de Heidi Weber o el pabellón de Zúrich fue un proyecto innovador y único en toda la trayectoria arquitectónica de Le Corbusier. El edificio como su nombre indica estaba dedicado a la galerista y decorado Heidi ...
Sánchez Marín, David(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-10-05)
[ES] El convento de la Tourette es una obra única en la trayectoria de Le Corbusier. Durante mucho tiempo el arquitecto se preocupó sobre las condiciones que se debían cumplir en una vivienda, llegando a la conclusión de ...
Versaci, Antonella; Cardaci, Alessio(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2021-12-22)
[EN] The fate of contemporary concrete buildings has become a growing concern because of their rapid ageing. The procedures to be implemented for their material and structural preservation require a multidisciplinary ...
Dick van Gameren Arquitectos; Blanco Agüeira, Silvia(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2012-12-18)
[EN] Since the art of colouring concrete started to spread, this resource has become a catalyst for architecture built with this material. In the Dutch Embassy in Ethiopia, the simplicity of lines that dominates the ...
Martínez Torrecillas, Pedro(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2021-12-02)
[EN] Exploring the most recent contributions of contemporary engineers that may be of interest to current debates in modern architecture. For this purpose, the shape of the arch is chosen as the common thread that links ...