Energy efficiency is not only the most cost effective way to reduce emissions but also a way to improve competitiveness and create employment. This paper reports experimental results on the thermal performance of geopolymeric mortars...

Earthquakes constitutes one of the most devastating natural hazards since they lead to the collapse of buildings; and consequently, a significant number of human losses. Some typologies of buildings, namely historical and masonry ...

The analytical fragility analysis methods require performing many nonlinear analyses. The structural component model and pushover analysis seem preferable to be adopted in these methods as fast analytical tools. In general, the nonline...

The estimation of the strength and other mechanical parameters characterizing the tensile behavior of granites can play an important role in civil engineering tasks such as design, construction, rehabilitation and repair of existing structure...