The inspection of on-ground circular concrete tanks by the authors has shown that the formation of horizontal cracks in tank walls is a common serviceability issue in Australia. These cracks often lead to leakage or durability-related issues that impact the service life of tanks. In this ...
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The resulting cracks in the concrete were, however, sealed, and the well equipped with 22 laterals of up to 40 m length and put into use. Some special and rare types of caisson construction are discussed in the ESM. Fig. 4 Typical steps in the construction of a radial collector well: ...
Ignition was initiated in the same location and the amount of air leakage area was controlled by filling cracks around the doors and windows with fiberglass insulation. Of the seven experiments, Experiment 3 had a slower growing fire and Experiment 14 had a faster growing fire. The other five ...
The general focus of the paper is to show a method of strengthening arch bridge that has longitudinal cracks. The process is done by new reinforced concrete spandrel walls stabilized by transverse prestressed monostrands. Specifically, the paper is aimed at the reconstruction of the brick arch ...
For such analysis, a 3-D cohesive crack interface model has been developed to represent concrete fracture in a realistic manner, and an interface material law has been proposed to simulate the dowel action of steel reinforcing bars crossing cracks and construction joints. Based on the experimental...
This might be attributed to the limited number of tests conducted on this construction typology, which leads to inconclusive statistical results, as well as to both the varying manufacturing process of the specimens, possible inhomogeneity of blocks (with small defects such as micro-cracks in the ...
The wastewater lagoon bottom and walls are made of concrete. Since the value of the heat transfer coefficient for the concrete between wastewater and soil does not exist in the literature, in this study this value was quantified numerically using finite element analysis. The result of the ...
1. Introduction The use of large-diameter steel tubular piles (LDSTPs) has gained significant popularity in recent decades. These piles are commonly employed as monopile foundations for offshore wind turbines [1,2]. Additionally, LDSTPs serve as self-standing steel tubular walls in situations ...