Tensile membrane action (TMA) could significantly enhance the ultimate bearing capacity of reinforced concrete (RC) simply supported slabs under fire conditions. To address this, this paper proposes ...

The Structures section offers five MSc programmes designed to provide advanced training in the analysis, design, and assessment of structures under various conditions. These courses are ideally suited ...

Construction professionals couldn’t hide their dismay after the government’s decision last October to cut the planned northern leg of the HS2 high-speed rail project. Mace Group chief executive and ...

This paper presents a study on the low-velocity impact response of lightweight steel foam concrete (LSFC) composite slabs. The LSFC composite slab consisted of a W-shaped steel plate, foam concrete ...

Department of Biomaterial Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan ...

Earth is the only planet in our Solar System known to have currently active plate tectonics. Subduction zones, where old lithosphere is recycled back into the mantle, are major drivers of plate motion ...

One-way slab is a type of concrete slab in which loads are transferred in one direction to the supporting beams and columns. Therefore, the bending occurs in only one direction. The design of one-way ...

Tunable metasurfaces have demonstrated the potential for dramatically enhanced functionality for applications including sensing, ranging and imaging. Liquid crystals (LCs) have fast switching speeds, ...