Q: We would like to resurface the concrete walls next to the steps leading to ... If you find a few cracks or rust stains around remnants of tie wires (these are what held the forms in place ...

The SC walls considered in this study were composed of steel faceplates, infill concrete, headed steel studs anchoring the faceplates to the infill, and tie rods connecting the two faceplates through ...

Keywords: Performance-based designs. Shear-critical squat walls. Reinforced concrete (RC). Nuclear power plants (NPP). Databases. Experimental tests. Peak shear strength. Predictions. Finite element ...