Maha Al-Soudani

Mustansiriyah University/College of Engineering · Civil Engineering Department

In this experimental work, eight beams are casted and tested under two-point load in order to study the influence of geo-grid layers on the performance of reinforced concrete beams. The tested beams have same dimensions (100 × 200) mm, clear span length (1000) mm, compressive strength (f’c = 30) MPa and shear reinforcement (θ4@100 mm C/C). The test...

The infill walls may lose their positive effects during the first stages of earthquakes, either by leaving their plane or through breakage. That is why it is common to strengthen these walls before design earthquakes or to repair and strengthen them after suffering slight or moderate damage due to the occurrence of an earthquake. In this study, the...

The effect of wind and earthquake on the structures can be specified briefly by the effect of horizontal forces act on structures varied in its value and direction depending on the location and the distance from the sea in case of wind load and the seismic activity of the region in case of an earthquake. These horizontal forces conflict in concept...

Plastic waste management has become a burden and a threat for countries and major cities as well as a danger to environmental safety. The current report covers the ability of the concrete sector to use and recycle plastic wastes. The demand for concrete and raw materials for construction engineering has become very high in recent years because of u...