Volume 100 (2025), Issue 09

This series of contributions presents methods and procedures for quality assurance of welded ETFE-foils for building applications. The introduced methods and procedures were developed in the framework of a research project involving manufacturers...

This study examines the influence of sooting on the emissivity of hot-dip galvanized and non-galvanized steel column sections under fire exposure. The fire tests were conducted according to the Standard temperature/time (STC) on HEB 320 steel...

Based on shear tests on RC slab strips without shear reinforcement the influence of Compressive Membrane Action (CMA) on one-way shear capacity is investigated. Compressive Membrane or Arching Action can occur in statically indeterminate systems due...

Mercantile reduction in market value describes a reduction in value of deficient executed construction works that persists despite the professional elimination of a technical or immaterial defect and is often of psychological origin. This concept is...