[PDF] Top 20 Seismic retrofitting of structural elements. An experimental characterization

... removal of the damaged concrete, as a consequence of cyclic tests of the specimen PA1-N3, it was repaired with microbeton, as described in the specimen PA1- ...corners of the column section, ... See full document

... behaviour of axially loaded RC members under biaxial bending moment reversals is generally recognized as a very important ...response of RC frame columns to horizontal actions is in general ... See full document

... walls of this floor would be made of stone masonry, but the lighter half-timbered structure can also be seen here in some occasions ...The structural materials are limestones from the area of ... See full document

... generalization of the substitute-structure ...results of a series of PsD tests on full-scale regular and irregular ...with experimental ones, even for the irregular ...be an efficient ... See full document

... therefore, of primary importance for strengthening of the existing building structures in order to prevent the resulting loss of lives and ...codes. Seismic strengthening of the ... See full document

... strengthening of existing adobe masonry constructions have been neglected during the last ...present an important level of structural damage and, in many cases, are even near to ruin, having ... See full document

... the seismic retrofitting of the ...crushing of the masonry before deformation of the ...system of full and hollow half-sphere (4) transfers forces from the tie rod (1) to the top ... See full document

... the seismic vulnerability of primary schools in the Algarve (Portugal) and Huelva ...number of schools have to be analysed. In order to determine which seismic retrofitting technique is ... See full document

... one of the SW Iberia geological units which hosts the Iberian pyrite belt (IPB), an important metallogenic province for volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposits (Mitjavila et ...across an area in ... See full document

... development of an unconfined lobate or tongue-shaped deposit in the overbank area (Figure 100b; Posamentier, ...as an isolate body that does not correspond to an ancient location of the ... See full document

... purpose of this application example is not to represent the actual behaviour of the original ICONS frame, some simplifications were ...properties of the ICONS frame, concrete of class C16/20 ... See full document

... The platform is powered by 4 batteries in series, as stated in Sub-section 3.4. Since the old cases were used, some modifications had to be implemented. The cables were not in good condition and the connectors underneath ... See full document

... curves of the gelatin (a) and precursor powders (b-e) are shown in ...curves of all samples show a decrease in sample weight associated with the loss of water and gelatin ...reduction of 12% ... See full document

... Beyond structural monitoring, the data collected should be correlated with data from visual inspection, photo and video and information about human interference on ...changes. An automated monitoring system ... See full document

... concentrations of imidazole in lysis buffer (10-500 ...flow-through of this column containing LC3 or GATE16 without the Trx and His tag was dialyzed against buffer A (20 mM HEPES ... See full document

... conversion of biomass to basic products like starch, oil, and ...examples of biorefinery and non-conventional biomass industries which are already competitive in the market are listed in Cherubini et ... See full document

... inhibitor of apoptosis and regulator of cell division 110 (Figure ...screening of a human genomic library with cDNA of the effector cell protease receptor-1 (EPR-1) 111 ...protein of ... See full document

... collapse of adobe buildings due to earthquakes has caused considerable loss of life in many third world ...much of the world’s population in rural areas (Bariola and Sozen, ...high seismic ... See full document

... uniformity of arrival rate over the substrate area ...level of contamination, degree of chemical bonding with the arriving material and crystallographic parameters (in case of epitaxy)), ... See full document

... basic structural unilateral contact equations and inequations are stated in the next ...limits of the contact regions are considered as additional ...as an unconstrained optimum design ...particular ... See full document