The hydrological modeling is presented as a fundamental instrument for the difficulties encountered in the management of hydrological processes, considering that there is an increasing demand for water and consequently its ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

Pathological manifestations affect the performance of building components and can be caused by faults in the design, choice of materials, executive processes, use and natural aging. The façades have the function of protecting ...