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Artificial Ageing of Mortar Prisms Reinforced through Steel, Glass and Organic Fibres Daniela Sinicropi1, a *, Elena Perria1,b, Stefano Galassi2,c, Michele Paradiso2,d and Antonio Borri3,e 1 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Florence, via di S.
Marta 3, 50139 Florence, Italy 2 Department of Architecture, University of Florence, piazza Brunelleschi 6, 50121 Florence, Italy 3 Department of Engineering, University of Perugia, via Goffredo Duranti 93, 06125 Perugia, Italy adaniela.sinicropi@dicea.unifi.it, belena.perria@dicea.unifi.it, cstefano.galassi@unifi.it, dmichele.paradiso@unifi.it, eantonio.borri@unipg.it Keywords: artificial ageing, mortar prisms, experimental testing Abstract.
The process of ageing in construction materials is natural and expected, and the technologies to contrast and reverse any damage due to the passing of time are well known in the field of civil engineering.
[4] Briccoli Bati, S., Rotunno, T., “Environmental Durability of the bond between the CFRP composite materials and masonry stuctures”, Historical Constructions 2001, Guimaraes [5] Chajes, M.J., Merts D.R., Thomson T.A. and Farschaman C.A., “Durability of Composite Material Reinforced” Proc. of the Third Materials Engineering Conference, 1994, p. 598-605.

Composite I-shaped beams are currently used in aerospace, ocean and civil engineering applications.
In many aerospace, ocean and civil engineering applications, composite I-shaped beams are currently used as primary structures.

Ultrasonic Damage Measurement in Reinforced Concrete Beams * Rogerio Bairrao 1 , Marcin Chrzanowski2 , Joaquim Duque 1 and Pawel Latus2 1 National Laboratory for Civil Engineering, Av. do Brasil 101, Lisbon, Portugal, bairrao@lnec.pt 2 Cracow University of Technology, 31-155 Cracow, ul.
Ten identical specimens were prepared and tested at the LNEC (National Laboratory for Civil Engineering, Lisbon) shaking table facility [2].

Application of Steel Plates on the Retrofitting of Current Reinforced Concrete Coupling Beams Cheng Bei1, Li Shiwei2, RKL Su3 1&3 Beijing Research Center for Engineering Structures and New Materials, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, China 2Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China 1) chengbei@bucea.edu.cn,3) klsu@hkucc.hku.hk Keywords coupling beams steel plates retrofitting method ductility Abstract Coupling beams are essential structural elements of reinforced concrete coupled shear wall to resist earthquakes and other lateral loads.
Acknowledgements The work described in this paper has been fully supported by the National Natural Science Foundation (Project No.51208023) and Beijing University of Civil Engineering & Architecture Foundation (Project No.101100601).
Cheng, R.K.L.Su, Retrofit of deep concrete coupling beams by laterally restrained side plates, Journal of Structural Engineering.137(2011), 503-512
Tremblay, Damage to concrete structures due to the 1994 Northridge earthquake, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 22(1995), 361-377
Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, 7(2008), 255-262.

Introduction A long time ago, Chinese began using “tabia” (composed of lime, loess and aggregates) as a civil engineering material.
Fig.2 Sand particle size distribution curve Methods The soil mixture was often added to the ground quicklime at a ratio of 7:3(v:v), based on civil engineering applications in China[11].
The ratio of Perma-Zyme : tabia mixture is at 1:33000(v:v) , as used for some civil engineering projects in China.
Bell: Engineering Geology.
Aiban: Proceedings of the Fourth Saudi Engineering Conference, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Peng2,f 1Department of Civil Engineering, Aalborg University, 9000, Denmark 2State Key Laboratory of Disaster Reduction in Civil Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, P R China amts@civil.aau.dk, bsoren.nielsen@civil.aau.dk, c2010wfliu@tongji.edu.cn, dchenjb@tongji.edu.cn, e lijie@tongji.edu.cn, fpengyongbo@tongji.edu.cn Keywords: Wind turbine, failure analysis, Monte Carlo, PDEM.
Butterfield, Effect of turbulence variation on extreme loads prediction for wind turbines, Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, 124 (2002) 387-395
Naess, Failure Probability Estimation of Wind Turbines by Enhanced Monte Carlo Method, Journal of Engineering Mechanics, 138 (2012)379-389
Chen, Stochastic modeling of engineering dynamic excitations for stochastic dynamics of structures, Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics, 27(2012), 19-28
Kashef, Moment-based load and response models with wind engineering applications ,Journal of Solar Energy Engineering , 122(2000) 122-128.

The Development of Lightweight Thermal Insulation Plasters and Experimental Analysis of their Moisture Behavior Jitka Hroudová1, a *, Martin Sedlmajer1, b, Jiří Zach1, c and Magdaléna Kociánová1, d 1Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Veveří 331/95, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic ahroudova.j@fce.vutbr.cz, bsedlmajer.m@fce.vutbr.cz, czach.j@fce.vutbr.cz, dkocianova.m@fce.vutbr.cz Keywords: Thermal Insulation Plasters, Moisture Transport, Lightweight Aggregate, Hydrophobic Agent, Porosity, Thermal Conductivity.
The development of lightweight thermal insulation plasters containing alternative binders as a partial cement substitute opens the possibilities of using new, eco-friendly materials in civil engineering.

Application of Slow Curing Bitumen as a Rejuvenating Agent in Aged Bituminous Mixes Amir.Kavussi1,a, Rashid.Tanzadeh2,b 1Tarbiat Modares University, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Tehran, Iran 2Guilan University, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Rasht, Iran akavussia@modares.ac.ir,brashidtanzadeh@yahoo.com Keywords:Recycling,Aged Bitumen, Rejuvenating agent, Creep Test Abstract.Recycling of bituminous mixes is extending worldwide with the aim of conserving natural resources and the environment.
With proven performance of asphalt rejuvenators to revive the aged asphalt layers, pavement engineers have effective and economical methods to extend the pavement service life.
[2] Technical Report R690, Reclamite as a Life Extender for Asphalt Concrete Pavements, Navy Facilities Engineering Command, Port Hueneme, California, USA, August 1970
[3] Value Engineering, Report on Reclamite Usage, Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, California, Navy Facilities Engineering Command - Western Division, San Bruno, California 94066, USA, August 1973
Civil Eng. 19 (5), 2007, pp 376–384.

Fatigue Fracture Propagation Random Process Model for Reinforcing Steel Bar in Reinforcing Concrete Structure Hongbing Zhu 1,2,aand Zhiwu Yu 1,b 1 School of Civil Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 420000, China 2 School of Civil Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430070, China a hnhyzhb@163.com, bzhwyu@mail.csu.edu.cn Keywords: Reinforced Concrete, Markov Stochastic Process, Fatigue Fracture Abstract.
In a word, the model of above is meaningful to the safety examine of engineering structure.
Engineering example given in the paper approved feasibility of the model.
Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 1978, 10(3): 485~496
China Civil Engineering Journal, 2006, 39(9):32~38

Strength Development and Microstructural Investigation of Calcium Carbide Residue and Fly Ash Prepared with Optimized Alternative Green Binders Papantasorn Manprom1,a, Phongthorn Julphunthong1,2,b*, Pithiwat Tiantong1,c and Tawat Suriwong2, 3, d 1Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Naresuan University, Thailand 2Center for Academic Excellence in Applied Physics, Faculty of Engineering, Naresuan University, Thailand 3School of Renewable Energy and Smart Grid Technology, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, Thailand apapantasornm62@nu.ac.th, bpop_civil@hotmail.com, cpithiwatt@gmail.com, dtawats@nu.ac.th Keywords: Calcium carbide residue, Fly ash, Cementitious materials, Pozzolanic reaction.
Acknowledgements The authors acknowledge the Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Naresuan University for facilities supported.
Horpibulsuk, “Engineering properties of calcium carbide residue stabilized silty clay,” J.