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Mauerwerk - European Journal of Masonry 01/16

This issue is the Proceeding of the German Masonry Congress on the 19^th and 20^th of January in Darmstadt.

Cover Story: The Darmstadt Artists' Colony on the Mathildenhöhe with its buildings, public gardens, and works of art is a unique ensemble of experimental creation. It is an extraordinary document of the transition from Art Nouveau to Modernism in architecture, fine and applied arts, inspired by the International Reform Movement at the beginning of the 20^th century. (s. p. 90 a. 91)
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Reading Recommendation:

• Mauerwerk-Kalender 2016 Schwerpunkte: Baustoffe, Sanierung, Eurocode-Praxis
• Bauphysik-Kalender 2016 Schwerpunkt: Brandschutz
• Package: Performance Based Building Design Vol. 1 & 2
• Solution Sets for Net Zero Energy Building

Become a member of the OEGG

With an annual membership with the ÖGG - Austrian Society for Geomechanics interested civil and structural engineers can take part in different sections: rock mechanics and rock engineering, soil mechanics and foundation engineering, tunnelling or engineering geology.

Memberships can be combined with a membership to the ISRM (International Society for Rock Mechanics) and serve their members a lot of advantages. The subscription of the bi-monthly professional journal Geomechanics and Tunnelling is included. In addition to the printed copy you will receive online access to the journal articles on Wiley Online Library.

For more information on the benefits and how to apply please see the ÖGG website.

fib membership benefits 2016

The fib -fédération internationale du béton is offering annual memberships for interested civil and structural engineers on an annual basis.

Memberships are offered as individual and corporate memberships and have a lot of advantages for the joining members. One big advantage is the included subscription of the professional journal Structural Concrete which is published quarterly. In addition to the printed copy you will receive online access to the journal articles on Wiley Online Library.

For more information on the benefits and how to apply please see the fib website.

Your ECCS membership advantages

The ECCS - European Convention for Constructional Steelwork is offering annual memberships for all civil and structural engineers, especially in the field of steel construction.

Memberships are offered as individual, company and associate memberships and offer a broad variety of benefits for the joining members. One key advantage is the subscription of the quarterly published journal Steel Construction - Design and Research. In addition to the printed copy you will receive online access to the journal articles on Wiley Online Library.

For more information on the benefits and how to apply please see the ECCS website.

Mauerwerk - European Journal of Masonry 06/15

Cover Story: The listed Waterways and Shipping Office being built in the year 1895 is located on the Kiel- Holtenau sluice island, was restored by preserving its historic appearance and renovated energetically. Lastly, the old building, built in Wilhelminian brick architecture, did not fulfil the requirements for a modern office and administration building any more. (s. p. 487 to 490 ).
_{(photo: Ulrich Hoppe, Hamburg)}

Geomechanics and Tunnelling 06/15

News about the Southern line - current state, processings and challenges of the Baltic-Adriatic corridor

• Koralmbahn quo vadis – Current state of the new Koralmbahn line and essential milestones
• Granitzta tunnel chain - Current state
• St. Kanzian tunnel chain - Current state of design and construction
• Semmering Base Tunnel - Approval and contracts

Structural Concrete Issue 04/15

Cover Story: The 2.815 m long, four-lane Laguna Bridge, also known as the Anita Garibaldi Bridge, will be Brazil’s third longest bridge and will significantly improve the transport connection from north to south to other South American countries. (© DSI, see pp. A5f.)

Structural Concrete 1/2015: Bond and anchorage of embedded steel reinforcement in fib Model Code 2010

This paper describes the changes to design provisions for embedded steel reinforcement in the fib Model Code for Concrete Structures 2010. The changes introduce new coefficients for steel grade and clear spacing between bars, and extend the range of concrete strengths covered. The way in which the contribution of hooks or anchorages is calculated has been revised and the contribution of end bearing to laps and anchorages of compression bars is recognized. The revised rules represent a move away from a distinction between laps and anchorages per se towards a distinction based on the presence or absence of transverse pressure perpendicular to the bar axis within the bond length. The benefits of staggering laps with only a proportion of bars lapped at a section are also reviewed. Finally, the potential impact of lap and anchorage performance on structural robustness is discussed, and it is concluded that this can only be achieved if bar yield precedes splitting mode bond failures.

Structural Concrete 1/2015: Further investigation of transverse stresses and bursting forces in post‐tensioned anchorage zones

In the post-tensioned anchorage zone, the load transfer path of an anchor force can be visualized by an infinite number of isostatic lines of compression (ILCs). The method was initially proposed by Guyon and recently attracted significant interest from a number of researchers. Based on the work of these predecessors, an updated mathematical model has been proposed in order to analyse the bursting forces and the distribution of transverse stresses in the anchorage zone. Compared with the results of a finite element analysis, the updated equations are more accurate than the previous ones. Based on the observation that the sixth-order polynomial expression is better than the fourth-order one, as far as the solution of bursting stresses is concerned, it can be reasonably postulated that a de facto function of the ILCs must exist. Additionally, it is equally interesting that the bursting forces derived with the updated analytical model are the same as those obtained with the formula in the current AASHTO-LRFD Bridge Design Specifications based on numerical stress analyses.