...Lu Li; Dong-hua Zhou; Chao Shuang; Chunxiu Han; Shuwei Lan Purpose To calculate the bearing capacity of annular reinforced concrete (RC) columns, if the second-order effects of members under bending and axial forces are further considered, both the nominal curvature method and the nominal...

...Long Liu; Lifeng Wang; Ziwang Xiao Purpose The combination of an Engineered Cementitious Composite (ECC) layer and steel plate to reinforce RC beams (ESRB) is a new strengthening method. The ESRB was proposed based on the steel plate at the bottom of RC beams, aiming to solve the problem of over...

...Tong Wang; Jing Di; Hongliang Zuo Purpose In view of the defects of glued wood beams, a new composite member – reconstituted bamboo board reinforced glued wood beams is proposed to improve the bearing capacity of glued wood beams. Design/methodology/approach The bending test studied...

...Long Liu; Lifeng Wang; Ziwang Xiao Purpose The flexural reinforcement of bridges in-service has been an important research field for a long time. Anchoring steel plate at the bottom of beam is a simple and effective method to improve its bearing capacity. The purpose of this paper is to explore...

...Ch. Alk. Apostolopoulos; C.A. Rodopoulos Purpose Seismic loading can induce significant deformations to steel reinforcement. The recent approach suggested by Eurocode 8 indicates that steel reinforcement shall sustain repeated loading well within its elastic region, excluding by definition seismic...