Modern Building Materials, Structures and Techniques (MBMST 2016): Recent submissions
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Attempt to improve indoor air quality in computer laboratories
(Procedia Engineering, 2017)Low indoor air quality (IAQ) can impact occupants’ health and lead to poor productivity or low academic performance. Therefore the provision of good IAQ in classrooms and laboratories is very important. This paper presents ... -
Experimental and numerical investigation on tensile concrete elements bonded with external CFRP sheets
(Procedia Engineering, 2017)An experimental study is carried out on tensile concrete elements with external carbon fiber reinforced polymer sheets as reinforcement without any internal bars. The load-strain, tension stiffening relationships and mean ... -
A novel hybrid MCDM approach for complicated supply chain management problems in construction
(Procedia Engineering, 2017)The paper tackles a hybrid multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) model related to supply chain management, problems, and the supplier selection problem. Modern management of materials and products requires continuous ... -
Full-scale testing of ground anchors in neogene clay
(Procedia Engineering, 2017)The research campaign aimed on the better understanding of behavior of prestressed soil anchors in neogene clay, including conduction of variety of in-situ (CPT, PMT) and laboratory (Triaxial test, Simple shear test an ... -
Mortar compressive strength estimation by applying various experimental test methods
(Procedia Engineering, 2017)The article discuss the test methods applied to identify the compressive strength of mortar in the bed joints, which are most frequently used for investigation of brickwork state. It provides the results of compressive ... -
Deformation process numerical analysis of T-stub flanges with pre-loaded bolts
(Procedia Engineering, 2017)A numerical analysis and experimental validation of T-stub steel joint with pre-loaded bolts is done. Design codes have a very imprecise analysis methodology that might not take into account the actual behavior of this ... -
Calculation of punching shear strength of steel fiber reinforced concrete flat slabs
(Procedia Engineering, 2017)The paper deals with analysis of calculation of punching shear strength of reinforced concrete flat slabs with or without steel fibers in punching shear zone. The analysis shows, that the type, shape and strength of steel ... -
Numerical investigation on web crippling behaviour of cold-formed C-section beam with vertical stiffeners
(Procedia Engineering, 2017)Present paper investigates an efficiency of application of vertical stiffeners in the web of cold-formed C-section beams under local concentrated loading. The stiffeners would be cold-formed – an I-section cut is made on ... -
Iterative methods of beam-structure analysis
(Procedia Engineering, 2017)The article presents the concept of computational analyses of steel beam, composite and reinforced concrete structures accounting for physical and geometric nonlinearities. Due to the magnitude of the task and ease of ... -
An numerical simulation of an aluminium-concrete beam
(Procedia Engineering, 2017)The paper presents a numerical analysis of the resistance and stiffness of an aluminium-concrete beam with steel connectors. Aluminium-concrete structures are less known than steel and concrete composite structures, they ... -
Study of application of lightweight aggregate concrete to construct post-tensioned long-span slabs
(Procedia Engineering, 2017)In Poland, in the last few years, there have been attempts to construct post-tensioned concrete slabs with above average spans and slenderness. Some very thin slabs with spans of up to 17.6mhave been designed and made. ... -
The use of BIM technology in the process of analyzing the increased effort of structural elements
(Procedia Engineering, 2017)The use of BIM technology in the implementation of new buildings has been successful, in recent years becoming an essential tool for facilitating the process of design, implementation and use. Improving solutions and ... -
Development of the thermal imaging camera (TIC) technology
(Procedia Engineering, 2017)The article presents the history of the development of Thermal Imaging Camera (TIC) in fire protection. It also includes the advantages of such cameras and how to use them. Manufacturers have developed cameras adapted to ... -
Incremental displacement collocation method for the evaluation of tension softening curves of quasi-brittle materials
(Procedia Engineering, 2017)In this paper, the use of incremental displacement collocation method (IDCM) for the evaluation of the tension softening curve of quasi-brittle materials is presented. By varying the residual tensile stress on the tension ... -
Experimental investigation of settlement in sand soil of jacked pile subjected by vertical compressive cyclic loading
(Procedia Engineering, 2017)Repeated-variable external effects must be properly evaluated when solving many geotechnical engineering problems. Cyclic loads of different intensities is caused by technological and environmental effects, e.g. traffic, ... -
Graphical methods for designing bolted joints in engineering drawings
(Procedia Engineering, 2017)This article analyzes graphical methods for designing bolted joints in engineering drawings, presents design system of a truss node's with bolted connections. The creation methods of automated design system of a truss ... -
Obtaining the high-performance concrete for railway sleepers in Russia
(Procedia Engineering, 2017)The paper presents the recommendations on the concrete production for the precast prestressed reinforced concrete constructions (sleepers, etc.) with double turnover forms per day by using the integrated approach, involving ... -
Influence of selected metal oxides in micro and nanoscale on the mechanical and physical properties of the cement mortars
(Procedia Engineering, 2017)The paper describes the results of the influence of three metal oxides’ particles: microparticles of Fe2O3 (d ≤ 5μm) and Fe3O4 (d ≤ 5μm) as well as nanoparticles of NiO (d ≤ 50nm) on the cement matrix properties. Four ... -
Experimental test for estimation of buckling load on unstiffened cylindrical shells by vibration correlation technique
(Procedia Engineering, 2017)Non-destructive methods to estimate the actual buckling load in particularly for imperfection sensitive thin-walled structures, are of severe interest among many fields. Particular techniques for validation of structural ... -
The Influence of biomass fly ash on the plasticizing effects in cement pastes
(Procedia Engineering, 2017)The aim of this work is to determine the impact of biomass fly ash (BM-FA) on the plasticizing effects in cement pastes. The rheological properties of the cement pastes have been determined using rotational viscometer ...