Advances in Mechanics of Materials for Environmental and Civil Engineering (Advanced Structured Materials, 197)

Contents
1 Experimental Research on the Influence of Polypropylene Macrofiber Thickness in Fiber-Reinforced Concrete Mechanical Strengths
	1.1 Introduction
	1.2 Materials and Methods
		1.2.1 Materials
		1.2.2 Mixture Design
		1.2.3 Specimens and Experimental Study
		1.2.4 FRC’s Fresh State Properties
		1.2.5 FRC’s Mechanical Strengths
	1.3 Conclusions
	References
2 Artificial Intelligence Applied to the Control and Monitoring of Construction Site Personnel
	2.1 Introduction
	2.2 Previous Works
	2.3 Methodology
		2.3.1 Construction Site and Data Generation Devices
		2.3.2 Neural Network Training
	2.4 Implementation and Results
		2.4.1 Distance Calculation
		2.4.2 Proposed Solution
	2.5 Conclusions
	References
3 Finite Element Model for End-Plate Beam-to-Column Connections Under Bending and Axial Forces
	3.1 Introduction
	3.2 Methodology
		3.2.1 Geometric Model
		3.2.2 Mechanical Properties
		3.2.3 Meshing
		3.2.4 Contact Condition
		3.2.5 Constraint and Load Conditions
		3.2.6 Solution Procedure
		3.2.7 Results Visualization
	3.3 Results
	3.4 Discussion
	3.5 Conclusion
	3.6 Future research
	References
4 Use of Residues from the Metallurgical Industry in Construction
	4.1 Introduction
	4.2 Overview of Residues from the Metallurgical Industry with Use in Construction
		4.2.1 Iron and Steel
		4.2.2 Aluminium
		4.2.3 Copper
		4.2.4 Zinc
		4.2.5 Lead
		4.2.6 Silicon and Ferrosilicon
	4.3 Results and Discussion
	4.4 Conclusions
	References
5 On the Random Axially Functionally Graded Micropolar Timoshenko-Ehrenfest Beams
	5.1 Introduction
	5.2 Euler-Lagrange Equations
		5.2.1 Timoshenko-Ehrenfest Beam Theory
		5.2.2 Additional Remarks
	5.3 Approximated Closed Form Solutions
		5.3.1 Simply Supported Beams
		5.3.2 Cantilever Beam
	5.4 Direct and Inverse Uncertainty Quantification
		5.4.1 The Direct Problem
		5.4.2 The Inverse Problem
	5.5 Numerical Applications
		5.5.1 Roughly Classical Timoshenko-Ehrenfest Beam
		5.5.2 Micropolar Timoshenko Beam
		5.5.3 Cantilever Beam
	5.6 Conclusion
	References
6 Influence of Soil-Pile-Structure Interaction on Seismic Response of Reinforced Concrete Buildings
	6.1 Introduction
	6.2 Soil Constitutive Models
		6.2.1 Hardening Soil Model
		6.2.2 Hardening Soil Model with Small-Strain Stiffness (HSS)
	6.3 Earthquake Design Definition
	6.4 Numerical Model
	6.5 Soil Parameters
	6.6 Results and Discussion
		6.6.1 Evaluation of Piles Response
		6.6.2 Storey Lateral Displacement
		6.6.3 Inter-Storey Drift Ratio
		6.6.4 Effects on Natural Period of Vibration
	6.7 Conclusions
	References