Volume 98 (2023), Edition 04

This paper presents an intensive study of the seismic vulnerability of historic brick masonry buildings. An extensive investigation of the seismic structural behavior, the underlying failure or collapse mechanisms of individual structural components...

For an economic design against stability failure of double-T pile of combined sheet pile walls, it is necessary to consider the resistance of the soil to twisting or buckling. Results from in situ tests are already presented in Part I of this...

For stability calculations of slopes, the method according to Nilmar Janbu with its polygonal sliding planes has the advantage that even non-trivial sliding planes geometries can be approximated sufficiently well and with relatively little effort....

In the case of openings and notches in glulam beams, unplanned moisture can reduce the relevant transverse tensile strength. Such effects in the case of humidification and subsequent dehumidification, including improvement of the transverse tensile...

Due to their anisotropy, prestressing strands made of CFRP are extremely sensitive to loads transverse to fibre-direction, which occur particularly in a curved tendon. To determine the lateral pressure on the strands, a cable factor has to be...