Stabilized mortars are scarcely diffused in the national market, consequently there’s not much information about them and much still has to be learned regarding application techniques, limitations and care. Therefore, the ...

The introduction of high strength concrete has been intensifying in the construction of tall buildings due to the possibility of reducing the cross sections of the pillars and consequently of the materials and labor involved ...

The structural pre-dimensioning presents simple formulations for the determination of the initial dimensions of the structural elements of a building, with the intention of minimizing major subsequent changes. The study ...

The construction industry is always searching for new technologies that provide more efficient constructive solutions, with a better cost-effectiveness, bigger durability and practicality, as well as less time of execution, ...

Usually, the structural analysis of buildings in reinforced concrete is carried out considering the connections between beams and columns as rigid. However, experimental studies demonstrate the occurrence of relative ...

Urban expansion is a global phenomenon that has the consequence of increasing the rate of urbanization in the cities. This factor causes a temperature of densely urbanizes centers to be higher than the green areas represented ...