The research project Meakado aims at developing adjusted design approaches for steel and steel-concrete composite structures in regions characterised by a low to moderate seismic activity. The methodology targets an optimal balance between safety and economical concerns. Two parallel ways are fo...
Although a number of researches have focused on various aspects of composite structures, no design guidance exists for typical situations that are more and more common in the current construction practice, such as concrete columns reinforced by several steel sections, concrete columns reinforced...
SCIENCE investigated the use of steel-concrete composite (SC) modular systems for use in industrial applications. This form of construction offers many advantages over traditional reinforced concrete (RC), including speed of construction and structural efficiency. The project focused on generati...
Theoretical and experimental investigations have confirmed that ferritic stainless steel, due to its unique properties in terms of thermal expansion, is the best commercial metal to be bonded with glass, to form high-performance unitized cells. The testing activity on reduced-scale specimens has...
Coal liquids (i.e., coal tar and anthracene oil) were successfully used to prepare graphene materials. Impregnating tars and binder tars with various chemical compositions and various primary quinoline insoluble (QI) content were polymerized and transformed into a pitch, which was subsequently c...
