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 ...
[EN] Currently most railway bridges in Australia require the replacement of the timber transoms that reside in the railway system. Composite steel and precast reinforced concrete transoms have been proposed as the replacement ...
[EN] A significant part of the European residential building stock is architectural heritage and is protected by law in different grades. Although these dwellings seldom fulfil the current eco-efficiency requirements, ...
Moliner Cabedo, Emmanuela; Museros Romero, Pedro; Martínez Rodrigo, María de los Dolores(Elsevier, 2012-07)
This paper presents a study on the energy-absorbing capacities of viscoelastic dampers (VEDs) for reducing the resonant vibrations of simply supported high-speed railway bridges of short to medium span. The proposed solution ...