This study includes conducting diametrical compression tests on notched Brazilian disk specimens. Moreover, the effect of confining pressure and temperature on crack initiation and propagation were also studied. The experimental results were compared with ...

<p>The crack in concrete dam body is considered as a typical damage to concrete gravity dams during large earthquakes, and lots of researches on a nonlinear dynamic analysis method considering the occurrence and progress of cracks have been carried out in ...

Numerical models of masonry arch bridges are required for accurate determination of ultimate failure loads. Finite element analysis (FEA) has been surprisingly under-used in this area perhaps because the main features of masonry behaviour, namely strongly ...

The study involved a laboratory and a theoretical analysis designed to understand whether the use of short fibers increases the shear strength of fissured clays. The laboratory experiments involved the direct shear testing of reinforced and unreinforced clay ...