The flat slabs construction system has some big advantages to be used, like materials economy and constructive labor reduction. It also features many layout possibilities in a construction after its conclusion. However, ...

This work presents a technical and cost comparison for the results of a structural calculation obtained by the Eberick software and in manual form. The technical analyses took into account the final computation efforts at ...

The primordiality of structural rehabilitation has become increasingly frequent. The usage of concrete did not foresee the appearance of premature degradation in improvements and works of art. Change of usage of the building, ...

This paper consists of evaluating the quality control of the asphalt mixtures used in the coating of three highways in Rio Grande do Sul: ERS-122, RSC-470 and ERS-324, all under the jurisprudence of the 2nd Regional ...

Reinforced concrete buildings are increasingly occupying the vertical planes of cities, with the recession of the Brazil's economy the market had to reinvent itself to maintain profitable enterprises, responsible for a ...

This course conclusion paper aims to analyze two different structural projects by applying the Load Standards for the calculation of building structures (ABNT NBR 6120), which was recently updated from its version from ...

Nowadays, the main Brazilian construction methods are blocks and concrete, which technology and evolution have not advanced much in the last years: the wastefulness and delay rates on most of the constructions are too high. ...

The reinforcement of reinforced concrete structures with concrete fibers reinforced polymers (CFRP) can be used in new structures or rehabilitation of them. The method was consolidated as an attractive alternative for civil ...