Els Verstrynge
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Dynamic stiffness parameter assessment of cracked reinforced concrete beams
A numerical and experimental study
A major challenge of infrastructure management is to predict the remaining capacity of degrading structures and safely prolong their lifetime. In reinforced concrete (RC) structures, concrete cracking has a significant effect on durability and stiffness properties. Structural ...
The acoustic emission (AE) technique allows monitoring damage in (reinforced) concrete in a non-destructive way by means of piezoelectric sensors attached to the material surface. This approach has disadvantages such as a decrease of the sensor coupling over time, high attenua ...
Numerical Modeling of a Church Nave Wall Subjected to Differential Settlements
Soil-Structure Interaction, Time-Dependence and Sensitivity Analysis
Historic masonry structures are particularly sensitive to differential soil settlements. These settlements may be caused by deformable soil, shallow or inadequate foundation, structural additions in the building and changes in the underground water table due to the large-scale ...
Many existing reinforced concrete (RC) structures are suffering from corrosion damage. The development of reliable tools to characterise and localise such damage is essential to assess the structural capacity. The acoustic emission (AE) technique has proven to be promising for ...
Differential soil settlements can induce structural damage to heritage buildings, causing not only economic but also cultural value losses. In 1963, the Saint Jacob’s church in Leuven was permanently closed to the public because of severe settlement-induced damage caused by in ...