INSTRUMENTED INDENTATION BASED METHODS TO ASSESS FRACTURE TOUGHNESS (KIC) OF SELF COMPACTING CONCRETE: INFLUENCE OF WATER TO BINDER (W/B) RATIO AND TYPE OF CONCRETE

Said GRAIRIA¹, Abdelkrim MAANSAR², Adel SAOUDI³, Alex MONTAGNE⁴, Didier CHICOT⁵

¹Université de Tamanrasset, Algeria; ²Université Larbi Ben Mhidi; ³Centre de Recherche Scientifique et Technique en Analyses Physico- Chimiques,Bou-Ismail, Tipaza, Algeria; ⁴Ecole Nationale Superieure Arts et Métiers Paris Tech, MSMP, ENSAM, 8 Boulevard Louis XIV, Lille, France; ⁵Université de Lille, 59650 Villeneuve d’Ascq, France

ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL STUDY OF FGM SANDWICHES UNDER THE EFFECT OF THERMO-MECHANICAL LOADS

Soufiane Abbas¹, Hinde Laghfiri²

¹LMRS Laboratory, Faculty of Technology, Université Djillali LIABES Sidi-Bel-Abbès, Algeria; ²GC Laboratory, Mohammadia School of Engineering, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Rabat, Morocco

THE EFFECT OF RESIDUAL STRESSES ON TRANSVERSE CRACKING IN CROSS-PLY COMPOSITE LAMINATES

Israel G. García, Vladislav Mantic

Universidad de Sevilla, Spain

NON-LINEAR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MINIMIZATION OF THE TOTAL ENERGY SUBJECTED TO A STRESS CONDTION TO PREDICT MULTIPLE DEBONDS IN THE ILTS TEST

José Luis Guzmán López, Mar Muñoz-Reja Moreno, Luis Távara Mendoza, Vladislav Mantič Lescisin

Universidad de Sevilla, Spain

DESIGN OF TOUGH INHOMOGENEOUS MATERIALS FOR BIAXIAL LOADING

Drazen Brescakovic¹, Otmar Kolednik²

¹Materials Center Leoben, Austria; ²Erich Schmid Institute of Materials Science, Austria

NOVEL XPS LIGHTWEIGHT THERMOINSULATING CEMENT MORTAR: EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR

Zoi S. Metaxa¹, Violetta K. Kytinou^2,3, Vasilios D. Prokopiou^1,2, Adamantis G. Zapris³, Eleni Apostolidou⁴, Nikolaos D. Alexopoulos²

¹Democritus University of Thrace, Department of Chemistry, Hephaestus Advanced Laboratory, School of Science, St. Luke, Kavala, 65404, Greece; ²University of the Aegean, Department of Financial Engineering, Research Unit of Advanced Materials, 41 Kountouriοtou str, 82132, Chios, Greece; ³Democritus University of Thrace, Department of Civil Engineering, Laboratory of Reinforced Concrete and Seismic Design of Structures, Xanthi, 67100, Greece; ⁴Democritus University of Thrace, Department of Chemistry, Alternative Energy Resources Laboratory, St. Luke, Kavala, 65404, Greece