The adoption of "Tuned Mass Damper" system could be a suitable solution both at the design stage, when for the sake of weight containment heavy structure reinforcements should not be advisable and after construction when any other intervention is not possible.
The FE-calculations were carried out with a different characteristic length of micro-structure, reinforcement ratio, column slenderness, load eccentricity, distribution of the tensile strength, bond-slip between concrete and reinforcement and fracture energy.
The effects of processing have been discussed at different levels: influence on the micro-structure (porosity and mean free path) and meso-structure (reinforcement and matrix distribution), changes in the matrix properties as well as in the fiber/matrix interface.
Synthetic and artificial fiber fabrics are commonly used as masonry structures reinforcement, both for seismic retrofitting of historical buildings and for realization of new constructions in seismic areas.
In civil engineering, when a structure reinforced with pultruded carbon fibre reinforced polymer (P-CFRP) is subjected to fire, both the structure and the CFRP reinforcement are concurrently affected by elevated temperature (potentially up to 1200 °C according to the standard ISO 834-1) and mechanical load.
Dr. Ruch and other researchers reported that this humor, with its orderly structure and reinforcement of stereotypes, appealed most to conservatives who shunned ambiguity and complicated new ideas, and who were more repressed and conformist than liberals.
These approaches have evolved into the following major areas: filler structure, hydrodynamic reinforcement, and interactions involving fillers and elastomers.
Of particular interest is: 1) the layered configuration and synergistic mechanics of nacre, 2) the dynamics and interfacial assembly of the extracellular matrix (ECM), and 3) the composite structure and reinforcement of wood.
Synergistic effect of 3D woven fabric structure and reinforcement of STF was found to be the key for successful design of soft body armour.
