Wood is a material that shows several favorable characteristics, like its relation between endurance and weight, its sustainability, the materials easiness to handle, the fact that it's a good thermal insulator, among other ...

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 ...

Bamboo's performance as longitudinal reinforcement in reinforced concrete structures can be successful if safety boundary conditions are considered. The objective of this work is to evaluate the feasibility of replacing ...

Reinforced concrete structures are widely used in the construction world. In the past, due to lack of knowledge of the materials used and the difficulty of laboratory tests, many buildings were oversized. Not only is this ...