Jaime Mata-Falcón

About

Jaime Mata-Falcón has been an assistant Professor at the Civil Engineering School of the Polytechnic University of Valencia since September 2023. Previously, he was a senior researcher and lecturer at the Chair of Concrete Structures and Bridge Design of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, where he joined as a postdoctoral researcher in 2015. After he had worked for two years as a structural engineer, he completed in 2009 his master’s degree in civil engineering at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain. He then specialised with a master’s degree in concrete engineering. In 2015, he obtained his doctorate from the Polytechnic University of Valencia with a dissertation on the crack behaviour of dapped-end concrete beams. During his doctorate, Jaime worked for more than one year in the Structural Concrete Laboratory at EPF Lausanne on the domain of Elastic-Plastic Stress Fields. In April 2016, Jaime Mata-Falcón joined the NCCR Digital Fabrication, a multidisciplinary research initiative to improve the sustainability of construction by combining digital technologies and physical building processes. Jaime Mata-Falcón has participated as project manager in numerous research projects (national, European and together with multinational companies such as SIKA, PERI, KNAUF and IDEA STATICA). Since 2024, he has led the research project ECONSLAB to develop new concrete floor slabs. His research aims at fostering sustainability in construction by developing material-efficient structural systems and suitable approaches to designing them. This research comprises three developments: a) mechanical models suitable for complex geometries and new materials, b) refined distributed measuring technologies to gain insights into the behaviour of new materials and structural systems, and c) efficient structural systems using digital fabrication technologies. Awards: 2023 Editor's Featured Paper Award Vol. 285, Engineering Structures (with P. Bischof, J. Burger, L. Gebhard and W. Kaufmann) 2023 Best Paper Award of 2022, Engineering Structures (with N. Gehri and W. Kaufmann) 2022 Editor's Featured Paper Award Vol. 251, Engineering Structures (with N. Gehri and W. Kaufmann) 2021 Special mention in the BetonSuisse 21 award for the innovative and collaborative work by architects, civil engineers and industry in the DFAB HOUSE project (with several partners of the NCCR Digital Fabrication) 2021 Norman Blank prize for outstanding work at ETH Zurich in the field of Digital Fabrication, for the Eggshell research project, and its applications in the Future Tree project (with J. Burger et al.) 2020 Best paper in the category «Innovation in Materials and Structures», 13th fib Int. PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering (with L. Gebhard et al.) 2020 Best paper in the category «Innovative Technology», 13th fib Int. PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering (with M. Lee et al.) 2017 Best paper in the category «Buildability - Efficient Construction Techniques», 2nd Concrete Innovation Conference (with N. Hack et al.) 2016 Swiss Technology Award in the Category of «Inventors» for the project “Mesh Mould” (with N. Hack et al.) 2016 Second prize for construction-related PhD dissertations awarded by the Spanish Ass. of Independent Construction Comp. (ANCI), Madrid, Spain 2015 Prize "Cátedra CSA" to the best PhD dissertation on advanced and sustainable construction of the Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain

Work

Universitat Politècnica de València

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Assistant Professor

Spain

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National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Digital Fabrication

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Senior Researcher: leader of research on structural integrity

Switzerland

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ETH Zurich

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Senior Researcher

Switzerland

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École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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Research assistant

Switzerland

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Universitat Politècnica de València

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Researcher. FPI fellowship BES-2010-030353

Spain

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CMD Domingo y Lázaro Ingenieros

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Structural engineering internship (1’800 h.)

Spain

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Education

Universitat Politècnica de València

Spain
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Doctor of Science in Construction Engineering

Universitat Politècnica de València

Spain
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Master’s Degree in Concrete Engineering

Universitat Politècnica de València

Spain
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M.Sc. in Civil Engineering

Publications

Size effect in multiaxial double punch tests on fibre reinforced concrete cubes

Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Fracture Mechanics of Concrete and Concrete Structures

conference-paper

Experimental Study on the Bond-Slip Behaviour of CFRP Laminates Bonded on RC Tension Members

Proceedings of SMAR 2017 Conference

conference-paper

Estudio del comportamiento en servicio y rotura de los apoyos a media madera

dissertation-thesis

Crack widths in structural concrete subjected to in-plane loading

Crack Width Calculation Methods for Large Concrete Structures. Workshop Proceedings No. 12

conference-paper

Correlations of requirements and performance metrics for concrete floor slabs

Proceedings of the 15th fib International PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering

conference-paper

Correlations of requirements and performance metrics for concrete floor slabs

Proceedings of the 15th fib International PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering

conference-paper

Comparison of crack width predictions by three different models with experimental results on webs of beams

Workshop Proceedings

conference-paper

Identifying Levers for Mass Market Penetration of Digital Fabrication

fib Symposium Proceedings

conference-paper

Determination of the effective concrete area in tension relevant for modelling tension stiffening in SLS and ULS design

fib Symposium Proceedings

conference-paper

Conceptual framework for the consistent estimation of crack widths in disturbed concrete regions

fib Symposium 2025. Concrete structures: extend lifespan, limit impacts

conference-paper

Experimental and analytical investigation of the crack behaviour of dapped-end beams

Engineering Structures

journal-article

Cracked Membrane Model for Strain-Softening Fiber-Reinforced Concrete

Journal of Structural Engineering

journal-article

Interaction of reinforcement, process, and form in Digital Fabrication with Concrete

Cement and Concrete Research

journal-article

Enhancing structural efficiency with digital concrete – Principles, opportunities and case studies

Cement and Concrete Research

journal-article

Concrete domes supported by external tendons: a novel concept for sustainable and efficient construction of concrete floor slabs

Proceedings of the IASS 2024 Symposium: Redefining the Art of Structural Design

conference-paper

Environmental benefits of concrete floor slabs produced with digitally fabricated formworks – a case study

Digital Concrete 2024 - Supplementary Proceedings

conference-presentation

Leveraging clay formwork 3D printing for reinforced concrete construction

Virtual and Physical Prototyping

journal-article

Advances in Structural Applications of Digital Fabrication With Concrete

Open Conference Proceedings

journal-article

Experimental exploration of digitally fabricated connections for structural concrete

Engineering Structures

journal-article

Advances in Structural Applications of Digital Fabrication With Concrete

Open Conference Proceedings

journal-article

Experimental investigation of bond and crack behaviour of reinforced concrete ties using distributed fibre optical sensing and digital image correlation

Engineering Structures

journal-article

Experimental investigation of bond and crack behaviour of reinforced concrete ties using distributed fibre optical sensing and digital image correlation

Engineering Structures

journal-article

Extending the design space of concrete structures using stay-in-place flexible formworks with integrated textile reinforcement

fib Symposium on the Conceptual Design of Structures

conference-paper

Design and assessment of concrete structures with strut-and-tie models and stress fields: From simple calculations to detailed numerical analysis

Structural Concrete

journal-article

Structural behaviour of post-installed reinforcement for 3D concrete printed shells – A case study on water tanks

Construction and Building Materials

journal-article

Structural behaviour of post-installed reinforcement for 3D concrete printed shells - A case study on water tanks

Construction and Building Materials

journal-article

Structural behaviour of post-installed reinforcement for 3D concrete printed shells – A case study on water tanks

Construction and Building Materials

journal-article

Design and assessment of concrete structures with strut‐and‐tie models and stress fields: From simple calculations to detailed numerical analysis

Structural Concrete

journal-article

Design and assessment of concrete structures with strut-and-tie models and stress fields: From simple calculations to detailed numerical analysis

Structural Concrete

journal-article

Digitally fabricated weak interfaces to reduce minimum reinforcement in concrete structures

Structural Concrete

journal-article

Digitally fabricated weak interfaces to reduce minimum reinforcement in concrete structures

Structural Concrete

journal-article

Advances in Structural Applications of Digital Fabrication With Concrete

Open Conference Proceedings

journal-article

Experimental exploration of digitally fabricated connections for structural concrete

Engineering Structures

journal-article

Experimental investigation of the shear response of large-scale fibre-reinforced concrete panels

Engineering Structures

journal-article

Experimental investigation of the shear response of large-scale fibre-reinforced concrete panels

Engineering Structures

journal-article

Stress field model for bond in reinforced concrete ties

Engineering Structures

journal-article

Stress field model for bond in reinforced concrete ties

Engineering Structures

journal-article

Structural design and testing of material optimized ribbed RC slabs with 3D printed formwork

Structural Concrete

journal-article

Structural design and testing of material optimized ribbed RC slabs with 3D printed formwork

Structural Concrete

journal-article

Thin-walled concrete beams with stay-in-place flexible formworks and integrated textile shear reinforcement

Structural Concrete

journal-article

Thin‐walled concrete beams with stay‐in‐place flexible formworks and integrated textile shear reinforcement

Structural Concrete

journal-article

Influence of short glass fibres and spatial features on the mechanical behaviour of weft-knitted textile reinforced concrete elements in bending

Construction and Building Materials

journal-article

Inter-laboratory study on the influence of 3D concrete printing set-ups on the bond behaviour of various reinforcements

Cement and Concrete Composites

journal-article

Inter-laboratory study on the influence of 3D concrete printing set-ups on the bond behaviour of various reinforcements

Cement and Concrete Composites

journal-article

Mesh Mould Prefabrication

RILEM Bookseries

book-chapter

Pre-installed Reinforcement for 3D Concrete Printing

book-chapter

Refined extraction of crack characteristics in Large-scale concrete experiments based on digital image correlation

Engineering Structures

journal-article

Refined extraction of crack characteristics in Large-scale concrete experiments based on digital image correlation

Engineering Structures

journal-article

Shear strength of concrete beams using stay-in-place flexible formworks with integrated transverse textile reinforcement

Engineering Structures

journal-article

Shear strength of concrete beams using stay-in-place flexible formworks with integrated transverse textile reinforcement

Engineering Structures

journal-article

Shear strength of concrete beams using stay-in-place flexible formworks with integrated transverse textile reinforcement

Engineering Structures

journal-article

Structural Behaviour of Post-Installed Reinforcement for 3d Concrete Printed Shells – a Case Study on Water Tanks

SSRN

other

Structural Design and Testing of Digitally Manufactured Concrete Structures

RILEM State-of-the-Art Reports

book-chapter

Structural Design and Testing of Digitally Manufactured Concrete Structures

RILEM State-of-the-Art Reports, vol 36

book-chapter

Towards efficient concrete structures with ultra-thin 3D printed formwork: exploring reinforcement strategies and optimisation

Virtual and Physical Prototyping

journal-article

Towards efficient concrete structures with ultra-thin 3D printed formwork: exploring reinforcement strategies and optimisation

Virtual and Physical Prototyping

journal-article

Towards efficient concrete structures with ultra-thin 3D printed formwork: exploring reinforcement strategies and optimisation

Virtual and Physical Prototyping

journal-article

Inter-laboratory study on the influence of 3D concrete printing set-ups on the bond behaviour of various reinforcements

Cement and Concrete Composites

journal-article

Digitally Fabricated Keyed Concrete Connections

book-chapter

Digitally Fabricated Keyed Concrete Connections

RILEM Bookseries

book-chapter

Digitally fabricated weak interfaces to reduce minimum reinforcement in concrete structures

Structural Concrete

journal-article

Pre-installed Reinforcement for 3D Concrete Printing

RILEM Bookseries

book-chapter

Digitally fabricated ribbed concrete floor slabs: a sustainable solution for construction

RILEM Technical Letters

journal-article

Digitally fabricated ribbed concrete floor slabs: a sustainable solution for construction

RILEM Technical Letters

journal-article

Design, fabrication, and testing of an optimised reinforced concrete floor slab fabricated with robotically 3D printed formwork

conference-poster

Application of compatibility-based stress fields for the quantification of minimum shear reinforcement

8th International Conference of the Spanish Association for Structural Engineering (ACHE 2022), Santander, Spain

conference-paper

Effective reinforcement ratio of RC beams: Validation of modelling assumptions with high‐resolution strain data

Structural Concrete

journal-article

Effective reinforcement ratio of RC beams: Validation of modelling assumptions with high‐resolution strain data

Structural Concrete

journal-article

Effective reinforcement ratio of RC beams: Validation of modelling assumptions with high-resolution strain data

Structural Concrete

journal-article

Effective reinforcement ratio of RC beams: Validation of modelling assumptions with high-resolution strain data

Structural Concrete

journal-article

Numerical analysis of experimentally tested frame corners with opening moments using the Compatible Stress Field Method (CSFM)

Computational Modelling of Concrete and Concrete Structures

book-chapter

Analysis of the tension chord in the flexural response of concrete elements: Methodology and application to weft-knitted textile reinforcement

Engineering Structures

journal-article

Analysis of the tension chord in the flexural response of concrete elements: Methodology and application to weft-knitted textile reinforcement

Engineering Structures

journal-article

Analysis of the tension chord in the flexural response of concrete elements: Methodology and application to weft-knitted textile reinforcement

Engineering Structures

journal-article

Application of Distributed Fibre Optical Sensing in Reinforced Concrete Elements Subjected to Monotonic and Cyclic Loading

Sensors

journal-article

Application of Distributed Fibre Optical Sensing in Reinforced Concrete Elements Subjected to Monotonic and Cyclic Loading

Sensors

journal-article

Application of Distributed Fibre Optical Sensing in Reinforced Concrete Elements Subjected to Monotonic and Cyclic Loading

Sensors

journal-article

Design and fabrication of optimised ribbed concrete floor slabs using large scale 3D printed formwork

Automation in Construction

journal-article

Design and fabrication of optimised ribbed concrete floor slabs using large scale 3D printed formwork

Automation in Construction

journal-article

Design and fabrication of optimised ribbed concrete floor slabs using large scale 3D printed formwork

Automation in Construction

journal-article

Direction-dependent behaviour and size effect of steel fibre reinforced concrete based on the double punch test

Materials and Structures

journal-article

Direction-dependent behaviour and size effect of steel fibre reinforced concrete based on the double punch test

Materials and Structures

journal-article

Direction-dependent behaviour and size effect of steel fibre reinforced concrete based on the double punch test

Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions

journal-article

Direction-dependent behaviour and size effect of steel fibre reinforced concrete based on the double punch test (vol 55, 176, 2022)

Materials and Structures

journal-article

Correction to: Direction-dependent behaviour and size effect of steel fibre reinforced concrete based on the double punch test

Materials and Structures

journal-article

Correction to: Direction-dependent behaviour and size effect of steel fibre reinforced concrete based on the double punch test (Materials and Structures, (2022), 55, 7, (176), 10.1617/s11527-022-02011-w)

Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions

journal-article

Fostering innovative and sustainable mass-market construction using digital fabrication with concrete

Cement and Concrete Research

journal-article

Fostering innovative and sustainable mass-market construction using digital fabrication with concrete

Cement and Concrete Research

journal-article

Fostering innovative and sustainable mass-market construction using digital fabrication with concrete br

Cement and Concrete Research

journal-article

Influence of short glass fibres and spatial features on the mechanical behaviour of weft-knitted textile reinforced concrete elements in bending

Construction and Building Materials

journal-article

Influence of short glass fibres and spatial features on the mechanical behaviour of weft-knitted textile reinforced concrete elements in bending

Construction and Building Materials

journal-article

Load-deformation behaviour of weft-knitted textile reinforced concrete in uniaxial tension

Materials and Structures

journal-article

Determination of the effective concrete area in tension relevant for modelling tension stiffening in sls and uls design

fib Symposium

conference-paper

Aligned Interlayer Fibre Reinforcement for Digital Fabrication with Concrete

RILEM Bookseries

book

Fundamental Studies on the Use of Distributed Fibre Optical Sensing on Concrete and Reinforcing Bars

Sensors

journal-article

Fundamental Studies on the Use of Distributed Fibre Optical Sensing on Concrete and Reinforcing Bars

Sensors

journal-article

Fundamental Studies on the Use of Distributed Fibre Optical Sensing on Concrete and Reinforcing Bars

Sensors

journal-article

Fundamental Studies on the Use of Distributed Fibre Optical Sensing on Concrete and Reinforcing Bars

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)

journal-article

Identifying levers for mass market penetration of digital fabrication

fib Symposium

conference-paper

Design and assessment with strut-and-tie models and stress fields: from simple calculations to detailed numerical analysis: fib Bulletin 100

International Federation of Structural Concrete (fib)

book

Interlayer Reinforcement for Digitally Fabricated Concrete Structures

lecture-speech

Load-deformation behaviour of weft-knitted textile reinforced concrete in uniaxial tension

Materials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions

journal-article

Structural behaviour of 3D printed concrete beams with various reinforcement strategies

Engineering Structures

journal-article

Structural behaviour of 3D printed concrete beams with various reinforcement strategies

Engineering Structures

journal-article

Structural design possibilities of reinforced concrete beams using eggshell

fib Symposium

conference-paper

Structural design possibilities of reinforced concrete beams using eggshell

fib Symposium Proceedings

conference-paper

Automated Crack Detection and Measurement on large-scale Experiments based on Digital Image Correlation

International Digital Image Correlation Society Virtual Conference: iDICs 2020

conference-abstract

Digital Fabrication of Concrete Structures: A Collaborative Approach

lecture-speech

New Reinforcement Concepts for Digitally Fabricated Concrete Structures

lecture-speech

Aligned Interlayer Fibre Reinforcement and Post-tensioning as a Reinforcement Strategy for Digital Fabrication

book-chapter

Aligned Interlayer Fibre Reinforcement and Post-tensioning as a Reinforcement Strategy for Digital Fabrication

RILEM Bookseries

book

From Smart Dynamic Casting to a growing family of Digital Casting Systems

Cement and Concrete Research

journal-article

From Smart Dynamic Casting to a growing family of Digital Casting Systems

Cement and Concrete Research

journal-article

Load-deformation behaviour of concrete tension ties with weft-knitted textile reinforcement

Proceedings of the 2020 Session of the 13th fib International PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering

conference-paper

Load-deformation behaviour of concrete tension ties with weft-knitted textile reinforcement

fib Symposium

conference-paper

Load-deformation behaviour of concrete tension ties with weft-knitted textile reinforcement

Proceedings of the 2020 Session of the 13th fib International PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering

conference-paper

Opportunities and challenges for structural engineering of digitally fabricated concrete

Cement and Concrete Research

journal-article

Opportunities and challenges for structural engineering of digitally fabricated concrete

Cement and Concrete Research

journal-article

Potential Approaches for Reinforcing Complex Concrete Structures with Integrated Flexible Formwork

book-chapter

Potential Approaches for Reinforcing Complex Concrete Structures with Integrated Flexible Formwork

RILEM Bookseries

book

Structural stay-in-place formwork for robotic in situ fabrication of non-standard concrete structures: A real scale architectural demonstrator

Automation in Construction

journal-article

Structural stay-in-place formwork for robotic in situ fabrication of non-standard concrete structures: A real scale architectural demonstrator

Automation in Construction

journal-article

Automated crack detection and measurement based on digital image correlation

Construction and Building Materials

journal-article

Combined application of distributed fibre optical and digital image correlation measurements to structural concrete experiments

Engineering Structures

journal-article

Combined application of distributed fibre optical and digital image correlation measurements to structural concrete experiments

Engineering Structures

journal-article

Compatible Stress Field Design of Structural Concrete

ETH Zurich, Institute of Structural Engineering (IBK); IDEA StatiCa s.r.o.

book

Automated crack detection and measurement based on digital image correlation

Construction and Building Materials

journal-article

Cracked Membrane Model with Fixed, Interlocked Cracks: Numerical Implementation and Validation

Journal of Structural Engineering

journal-article

Cracked Membrane Model with Fixed, Interlocked Cracks: Numerical Implementation and Validation

Journal of Structural Engineering (United States)

journal-article

Cracked Membrane Model with Fixed, Interlocked Cracks: Numerical Implementation and Validation

Journal of Structural Engineering

journal-article

Design and Fabrication of a Non-standard, Structural Concrete Column Using Eggshell: Ultra-Thin, 3D Printed Formwork

RILEM Bookseries

book

Eggshell: Ultra-Thin Three-Dimensional Printed Formwork for Concrete Structures

3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing

journal-article

Eggshell: Ultra-thin three-dimensional printed formwork for concrete structures

3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing

journal-article

Experimental investigation of reinforcement strategies for concrete extrusion 3D printed beams

Proceedings of the 2020 Session of the 13th fib International PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering

conference-paper

Experimental investigation of reinforcement strategies for concrete extrusion 3d printed beams

fib Symposium

conference-paper

Experimental investigation of reinforcement strategies for concrete extrusion 3d printed beams

fib Symposium

conference-paper

Exploiting the Potential of Digital Fabrication for Sustainable and Economic Concrete Structures

PROCEEDINGS OF THE RILEM ANNUAL WEEK

journal-article

Challenges of Real-Scale Production with Smart Dynamic Casting

PROCEEDINGS OF THE RILEM ANNUAL WEEK

journal-article

Challenges of real-scale production with smart dynamic casting

RILEM Bookseries

book

Compression Field Analysis of Fiber-Reinforced Concrete Based on the Cracked Membrane Model

ACI Structural Journal

journal-article

Compression field analysis of fiber-reinforced concrete based on the cracked membrane model

ACI Structural Journal

journal-article

Exploiting the Potential of Digital Fabrication for Sustainable and Economic Concrete Structures

book-chapter

Exploiting the potential of digital fabrication for sustainable and economic concrete structures

RILEM Bookseries

book

Potentials of Steel Fibres for Mesh Mould Elements

PROCEEDINGS OF THE RILEM ANNUAL WEEK

journal-article

Potentials of steel fibres for mesh mould elements

RILEM Bookseries

book

Proposal and experimental validation of simplified strut-and-tie models on dapped-end beams

Engineering Structures

journal-article

Proposal and experimental validation of simplified strut-and-tie models on dapped-end beams

Engineering Structures

journal-article

Rethinking reinforcement for digital fabrication with concrete

Cement and Concrete Research

journal-article

Rethinking reinforcement for digital fabrication with concrete

Cement and Concrete Research

journal-article

Reinforcement Systems for Smart Dynamic Casting Structures

1st RILEM International Conference on Concrete and Digital Fabrication, Digital Concrete 2018

conference-abstract

Future directions for research on shear in structural concrete

fib Bulletin 85. Towards a rational understanding of shear in beams and slabs

other

Computer-aided stress field analysis of discontinuity concrete regions

Computational Modelling of Concrete Structures - Proceedings of the conference on Computational Modelling of Concrete and Concrete Structures, EURO-C 2018

conference-paper

Computer-aided stress field analysis of discontinuity concrete regions

COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING OF CONCRETE STRUCTURES. EURO-C

journal-article

Mesh Mould: An On Site, Robotically Fabricated, Functional Formwork

Second Concrete Innovation Conference (2nd CIC)

conference-paper

Structural Concrete Design in the 21st Century: are Limit Analysis Methods obsolete?

conference-paper

Application of distributed optical measurements to structural concrete experiments

SMAR 2017 Proceedings

conference-paper

Ultimate behavior of D regions nearby dapped-end beams (Comportamiento en rotura de las regiones D generadas en el entorno de los apoyos a media madera)

Proceedings VI ACHE International Conference on Structures

conference-paper

Stress fields for the analysis of the failure load and cracking state of dapped-end beams (Aplicación de modelos de campos de tensiones para el análisis en servicio y rotura de apoyos a media madera)

Proceedings VI ACHE International Conference on Structures

conference-paper

Cracking state analysis of D regions nearby dapped-end beams (Análisis de la fisuración en servicio de las regiones D generadas en el entorno de los apoyos a media madera)

Proceedings VI ACHE International Conference on Structures

conference-paper

Experimental research on reinforced concrete dapped-end beams: shear strength and serviceability behaviour

Proceedings of the 9th fib International PhD Symposium in Civil Engineering

conference-paper

Aplicación de la herramienta informática MEFBT para el diseño y análisis de ensayos experimentales de Apoyos a Media Madera

5th International Conference of the Spanish Association for Structural Engineering (ACHE 2011), Barcelona, Spain

conference-paper

Estudio experimental del comportamiento en servicio y rotur de las regiones D generadas en el entorno de los Apoyos a Media Madera

5th International Conference of the Spanish Association for Structural Engineering (ACHE 2011), Barcelona, Spain

conference-paper