Structural Concrete Issue 01/15

Cover Story: They have already become a new landmark: The six new water towers in the Al Jahra area in Kuwait City. Their mushroom-shaped water tanks were post-tensioned using DYWIDAG Strand Tendons. It goes without saying, that these buildings are of decisive importance for the inhabitants of cities in Kuwait, see page A5 (photo: DSI).

Table of Contents Structural Concrete 01/2015:

• Eurocode 2 – analysis of National Annexes
• Extended design parameters for columns in fire with 2nd order effects
• Low-strength mortars – EC/US code approaches
• Bond/Anchorage of steel bars in fib Model Code 2010
• Bond behaviour of normal- and high-strength RAC
• 5-spring model for full shear behaviour of deep beams
• Transverse stresses and bursting forces in post-tensioned anchorages
• Derivation of σ-w relationship for SFRC with bending tests
• Thin-walled TRC shells – Part I: Design and construction
• Thin-walled TRC shells – Part II: ULS assessment, simulation
• Quality assessment of material models for RC flexural members
• Small-scale tests for composite slab design