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    • Internet of Things (IoT) for digital concrete quality control (DCQC): A conceptual framework 

      Ghosh, Arka; Hosseini, M. Reza; Al-Ameri, Riyadh; Kaklauskas, Gintaris; Nikmehr, Bahareh (International Conference Modern Building Materials, Structures and Techniques (MBMST 2019), 2019)
      Concreting is generally a manual, labour intensive and time-consuming process, putting additional burden on constrained resources. Current practices of concreting are wasteful, non-sustainable and end products usually lack ...
    • Concrete modular pavement type selection based on application area 

      Gražulytė, Judita; Vaitkus, Audrius; Laurinavičius, Alfredas; Čygas, Donatas (International Conference Modern Building Materials, Structures and Techniques (MBMST 2019), 2019)
      Roads and other trafficked areas infrastructure starts to deteriorate as far as it is opened to traffic. Thus, it has to be timely repaired and reconstructed. However, any interruption to traffic by implementing repair and ...
    • Initial results of local strength analysis of a fiber concrete plate by 4-point bending tests 

      Goidyk, Oksana; Herrmann, Heiko (International Conference Modern Building Materials, Structures and Techniques (MBMST 2019), 2019)
      The analysis of the post-cracking behavior of a large plate cast of fiber concrete shows a large variability due to the fiber alignment and dispersion. Therefore, one can expect, that the bending strength and other material ...
    • Numerical investigation on dynamic response of a steel lattice tower under various seismic events 

      Falborski, Tomasz; Lasowicz, Natalia (International Conference Modern Building Materials, Structures and Techniques (MBMST 2019), 2019)
      The present paper presents the results of the numerical study designed to investigate the soil-structure flexibility effects on modal parameters (i.e. fundamental frequencies) and time-history analysis response (represented ...
    • Initial investigation of the intrinsic geomechanical properties of soils in area of landslide Černá Pole 

      Faktorová, Karolína; Chalmovský, Juraj; Koudela, Pavel; Míča, Lumír (International Conference Modern Building Materials, Structures and Techniques (MBMST 2019), 2019)
      One of the most important type of Brno’s subsoil is Miocene’s clay. Mechanical properties of these clays were already studied by various methods, authors, in several locations. These parameters, however, varies across the ...
    • Deformations of foundations of windplant installation crane sites and their reasons 

      Gadeikis, Saulius; Urbaitis, Donatas; Gribulis, Domas; Gadeikytė, Sonata; Žaržojus, Gintaras (International Conference Modern Building Materials, Structures and Techniques (MBMST 2019), 2019)
      Road and foundation deformations in modern Lithuanian construction are one of the most important problems. Constantly rising conflicts between customers and builders due to poor quality of foundations show that Lithuanian ...
    • The global analysis of a structure on the basis of precast building 

      Grabiec-Mizera, Teresa; Kaczmarczyk, Michał; Kuczma, Mieczysław (International Conference Modern Building Materials, Structures and Techniques (MBMST 2019), 2019)
      The aim of the paper is to present a global analysis of a precast, reinforced building structure. At the design stage, information about structural behaviour of particular elements and the whole structure as well as its ...
    • Development of an anchorage prototype for CFRP stress-ribbon systems using 3D printing technique 

      Gribniak, Viktor; Arnautov, Aleksandr K.; Rimkus, Arvydas (International Conference Modern Building Materials, Structures and Techniques (MBMST 2019), 2019)
      Compared with other structure types, stress-ribbon systems are extremely simple though requiring massive anchorage blocks because of very large tensile stresses induced in the ribbons. Such structural systems are efficient ...
    • Research of undrained shear strength of till fine soils (moraine) 

      Gribulis, Domas; Žaržojus, Gintaras; Gadeikis, Saulius; Gadeikytė, Sonata; Urbaitis, Donatas (International Conference Modern Building Materials, Structures and Techniques (MBMST 2019), 2019)
      The undrained soil strength is specific to fine soils or to sands with a lot of fines. It is very important characteristic and the evaluation of accurate value is significant step. The undrained soil shear strength can be ...
    • Advanced computational methods of perpendicularly loaded laminated glass panes 

      Hána, Tomáš; Vokáč, Miroslav; Eliášová, Martina; Machalická, Klára V. (International Conference Modern Building Materials, Structures and Techniques (MBMST 2019), 2019)
      Various examples of glass load bearing structures such as beams, columns, panes, or even stairs are used in a current architecture. For safety reasons, these members are mostly made of laminated glass. Polymeric interlayers ...
    • Damage of prestressed concrete railway sleepers and its impact on durability 

      Jokūbaitis, Aidas; Marčiukaitis, Gediminas; Valivonis, Juozas (International Conference Modern Building Materials, Structures and Techniques (MBMST 2019), 2019)
      Prestressed concrete railway sleepers are the most widespread sleepers due to their stiffness and high bearing capacity. They transfer train induced loads from the rails directly to the ballast and therefore are the most ...
    • Experimental investigation on friction between foundation slabs and substructure 

      Holschemacher, Klaus; Löber, Philipp (International Conference Modern Building Materials, Structures and Techniques (MBMST 2019), 2019)
      For verification of structural safety (ultimate limit states – ULS) and serviceability (serviceability limit states – SLS) of reinforced concrete structures direct and indirect actions must be considered. The main reason ...
    • Global sensitivity analysis of failure probability caused by fatigue crack propagation 

      Kala, Zdeněk (International Conference Modern Building Materials, Structures and Techniques (MBMST 2019), 2019)
      The probability of failure of a load bearing steel member is investigated using a new type of global sensitivity analysis subordinated to contrasts. The main objective of the probability-oriented sensitivity analysis is ...
    • Non-linear analysis of slab-column connections with openings 

      Kormosova, Ludmila; Augustin, Tomas; Halvonik, Jaroslav (International Conference Modern Building Materials, Structures and Techniques (MBMST 2019), 2019)
      This paper is focused on the assessment of punching capacity of the slab-column connections without transverse reinforcement with openings located close to a column. Non-linear analysis and design equations from the relevant ...
    • Automation of calibration process adopting metaheuristic optimization method 

      Koudela, Pavel; Chalmovský, Juraj (International Conference Modern Building Materials, Structures and Techniques (MBMST 2019), 2019)
      Optimization procedures offer a possibility for time-effective determination of input parameters values for complex soil constitutive models. The following paper presents a combination of the metaheuristic Particle swarm ...
    • Design analysis of strengthening a damaged supporting structure in a swimming pool building 

      Kruszka, Leopold; Chmielewski, Ryszard (International Conference Modern Building Materials, Structures and Techniques (MBMST 2019), 2019)
      The issue of strengthening the supporting structure of the swimming pool building, with a special attention on damaged reinforced concrete pillars in the sub-pool, is presented. The technical condition of those pillars in ...
    • Safety and quality assurance for geotechnical constructions in urban areas 

      Leppla, Steffen; Katzenbach, Rolf (International Conference Modern Building Materials, Structures and Techniques (MBMST 2019), 2019)
      Safety and quality assurance are the most important aspects for the design and the construction of geotechnical structures. These aspects consider the optimisation by reducing the resources material, money and time. For ...
    • The workability kinetics of phosphogypsum binder 

      Bumanis, Girts; Zorica, Jelizaveta; Pundienė, Ina; Bajare, Diana (International Conference Modern Building Materials, Structures and Techniques (MBMST 2019), 2019)
      The dihydrate phosphogypsum (PG) based binder workability kinetics were investigated regarding to water-binder ratio (W/B) and chemical admixtures added to the composition of PG paste. PG was dried at 60 °C and homogenized ...
    • The effect of glass powder on physical and mechanical properties of hardened cement paste 

      Barkauskas, Kęstutis; Nagrockienė, Džigita; Girnienė, Ingrida (International Conference Modern Building Materials, Structures and Techniques (MBMST 2019), 2019)
      The article analyses the effect of finely crushed glass on the properties of hardened cement paste. Materials used for the test: Portland cement CEM I 42.5 R, finely crushed glass (particle size ≤75 µm), and water. Seven ...
    • Study of the influence of the secondary raw materials on microstructure and properties of calcium silicate composite 

      Húšťavová, Jana; Černý, Vít; Drochytka, Rostislav (International Conference Modern Building Materials, Structures and Techniques (MBMST 2019), 2019)
      Calcium silicate composites are a widely used building material, especially autoclaved aerated concrete or sand-lime bricks. The physico-mechanical properties of these materials depend on their microstructure. Microstructure ...