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The behavior of reinforced and prestressed concrete members subjected to shear has been traditionally studied by the so-called Compression-Field Theories. In the last years several authors have modified the mechanical model of such theories in order to include the tension-stiffening [...]

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Nowadays, the use of energy dissipating devices to improve the seismic response of RC structures constitutes a mature branch of the innovative procedures in earthquake engineering. However, even though the benefits derived from this technique are well known and widely accepted, [...]

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This work presents the composite materials applied to Water Current Turbine (WCT) hydrokinetic turbines. Here will be briefly described the features of these turbines, the fluid-dynamic behavior of the rotor, and its structure formed into a composite material. From the structural [...]

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This study proposes a methodology for the calibration of combined sewer overflow (CSO), incorporating the results of the three-dimensional ANSYS CFX model in the SWMM one-dimensional model. The procedure consists of constructing calibration curves in ANSYS CFX that relate the input [...]

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The present study deals with the investigation of the applicability (by means of parameter calibration), robustness and prediction quality of advanced constitutive soil models for the numerical investigation of complex geotechnical problems. The range of available constitutive soil [...]

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In geotechnical engineering one of the challenges is the soil characterization. Nevertheless, currently it exists computational tools, which permits estimate the soil behaviour from information obtained in the [...]

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Masonry has been a broadly used material since the beginning of human life. Despite its popularity, the analysis of masonry structures is a complex task [...]