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    • 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 ...
    • Aiming at the improvement of safety at Indian construction workplace 

      Chellappa, Vigneshkumar; Salve, Urmi Ravindra; Liias, Roode (International Conference Modern Building Materials, Structures and Techniques (MBMST 2019), 2019)
      Accidents in construction industry have the major negative impacts in many countries. The objectives of this paper are: (1) examine the current safety practices in Indian construction industry (2) identify the causes of ...
    • Analysis of second-order effects of constructions behaviour 

      Venslavavičiūtė, Raminta; Urbonas, Kęstutis (International Conference Modern Building Materials, Structures and Techniques (MBMST 2019), 2019)
      This paper presents the importance of the second-order effects in behaviour of steel frame structures. EN 1993-1-1 were distinguished three main methods: taking / without taking into account second order effects depending ...
    • Analysis of structural and material degradation of a car-park’s RC bearing structure due to city environmental influences 

      Berkowski, Piotr; Dmochowski, Grzegorz; Kosior-Kazberuk, Marta (Procedia Engineering, 2013)
      Many of concrete structures during their working life are subjected to influence of different unfavorable factors that can decrease within time their capacity and serviceability, which finally ends with the need of application ...
    • Analysis of the different techniques for calculation of bearing capacity of flexural reinforced concrete deep beams 

      Levon, Beata; Šalna, Remigijus; Juknevičius, Linas (International Conference Modern Building Materials, Structures and Techniques (MBMST 2019), 2019)
      The paper deals with the singularities of the design of deep beams without shear reinforcement according to different design codes, namely, STR 2.05.05:2005, EC2, EC2-SMM and ACI-318. The comparative analysis of calculation ...
    • Analysis of the impact of water flow rate of selected Turbo type nozzle on the distribution of sprinkling intensity 

      Gałaj, Jerzy; Drzymała, Tomasz; Pełech, Adam; Šukys, Ritoldas (International Conference Modern Building Materials, Structures and Techniques (MBMST 2019), 2019)
      In the work, the distribution of the sprinkling intensity for a selected nozzle with the trade name Turbomatic was tested and analysed. The device meets Polish legal requirements, has a CNBOP approval certificate and is ...
    • An application of BIM technologies in typical dwelling building projects 

      Migilinskas, Darius; Katkus, Juozas; Sadauskas, Mykolas (International Conference Modern Building Materials, Structures and Techniques (MBMST 2019), 2019)
      The modern technologies are widely implemented in construction market including building information modeling (BIM) which is rapidly developing in many management segments related to design, construction, and building ...
    • Application of concrete slurry waste in cement screeds 

      Reiterman, Pavel; Keppert, Martin (International Conference Modern Building Materials, Structures and Techniques (MBMST 2019), 2019)
      Sedimented concrete slurry waste (CSW), containing cement, mineral additives, fine fillers, admixtures and water, is currently a waste without an additional use and has to be fully landfilled. Current CSW management is ...
    • Application of equivalent cylindrical inhomogeneity to modeling of CNT and analysis of influence of CNT distributions on response of functionally graded structural elements 

      Nazarenko, Lidiia; Chirkov, Aleksandr; Stolarski, Henryk; Altenbach, Holm (International Conference Modern Building Materials, Structures and Techniques (MBMST 2019), 2019)
      A mathematical model based on the concept of the energy-equivalent inhomogeneity combined with the method of conditional moments (MCM) has been applied to analyze Carbon Nanotube (CNT)-reinforced materials. The idea of the ...
    • Application of Kinematic Method and FEM in analysis of ultimate load bearing capacity of damaged masonry arch bridges 

      Kamiński, Tomasz; Bień, Jan (Procedia Engineering, 2013)
      The paper presents the comparison of two methods: analytical Kinematic Method (KM) and Finite Element Method (FEM), which enable one to take into account typical kinds of damage to masonry arch barrels and to examine their ...
    • Application of the discrete element method (DEM) to particle laden multi-phase flows 

      Kruggel-Emden, Harald (International Conference Modern Building Materials, Structures and Techniques (MBMST 2019), 2019)
      The discrete element method (DEM) coupled with methods for computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is a very capable instrument to capture particle-laden multi-phase flows. While often the flow around individual particles is ...
    • Artificial ageing of Silane Terminated Polymer adhesive for façade application 

      Zikmundová, Markéta; Machalická, Klára V.; Eliášová, Martina; Vokáč, Miroslav (International Conference Modern Building Materials, Structures and Techniques (MBMST 2019), 2019)
      Adhesive bonding is commonly used in the automotive and aerospace industry, where it has proved its advantages. Nowadays, the bonded joints are starting increasingly used in civil engineering, where they can be applied in ...
    • ASR assessment – concrete prism testing within a regulatory framework 

      Rønning, Terje F.; Lindgård, Jan; Bremseth, Sigrun Kjær (Procedia Engineering, 2013)
      The experience of ASR and ASR testing varies substantially across Europe and outside. Several testing procedures exist but are not always linked to service life records. Also, the European concrete standard on this issue ...
    • Assessment of opportunities for construction enterprises in European Union member states using the MULTIMOORA method 

      Kildienė, Simona (Procedia Engineering, 2013)
      A large part of the construction sector consists of small and medium enterprises (SMEs), which play a key role in the dynamics of the European economics. Thus, to help them achieve their growth potential, the European Union ...
    • 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 ...
    • Bearing capacity and stiffness of pile group foundation 

      Norkus, Arnoldas; Martinkus, Vaidas (International Conference Modern Building Materials, Structures and Techniques (MBMST 2019), 2019)
      Pile group foundations are widely employed in geotechnical design. Bearing capacity increment/reduction of pile group (PG) foundation in design practice often described via empirical efficiency factor (EF), a multiplier ...
    • Behaviour of curved reinforcement bars 

      Frydenlev Langberg, Mikkel; Fisker, Jakob; Hagsten, Lars German (International Conference Modern Building Materials, Structures and Techniques (MBMST 2019), 2019)
      Bended or curved reinforcement bars are often met in assessment of existing reinforced concrete structures and are used in design of nodal regions such as frame corners. Although being present in many tested reinforced ...
    • Big data in construction industry: systematic literature overview 

      Verdenhofs, Atis; Geipele, Ineta; Tambovceva, Tatjana (International Conference Modern Building Materials, Structures and Techniques (MBMST 2019), 2019)
      Technological advancement has led to tremendous increase of data. Many industries utilize big data to become more efficient or even to create new products or services. Applications of big data in construction industry has ...
    • Buckling of nanobeams and nanorods with cracks 

      Arif, Hina; Lellep, Jaan (International Conference Modern Building Materials, Structures and Techniques (MBMST 2019), 2019)
      Buckling of nanobeams and nanorods is treated with the help of the nonlocal theory of elasticity. The nanobeams under consideration have piecewise constant dimensions of cross sections and are weakened with cracks or ...
    • Calculating and estimating construction site plan preparation works and temporary objects, using virtual reality technology 

      Kontrimovičius, Robertas; Ustinovičius, Leonas; Vaišnoras, Mantas (International Conference Modern Building Materials, Structures and Techniques (MBMST 2019), 2019)
      Aim of the article: to create a prototype of an information system of an optimized site plan using virtual reality technology (VRT). The article consists of two parts. The first part: the review of the literary sources ...