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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Construction Defects"”.
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Shear strengthening of RC beams using carbon fiber reinforced polymer laminates
… due to corrosion, increased service load, and construction defects. Externally bonded reinforcement such as Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) provides an excellent solution in these situations. In order to investigate the shear behavior of RC beams with externally bonded CFRP shear …
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Thermography Approaches for Building Defect Detection
… can be used to detect thermally significant defects in buildings and is traditionally performed using a walk-through methodology. Yet because of limitations such as transient climatic changes, there is a key performance gap between image capture and interpretation. There are however new …
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The Impact Of Quality Management On The Thermal Performance Of Social Housing In The United Kingdom
… this thesis focuses on social housing projects. Construction defects in the domestic sector, especially those occurring in the building fabric, are acknowledged to contribute to the energy performance gap of buildings. Discontinuity of insulation layers, gaps in the vapour/air barriers and …
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Maximizing nuclear power plant performance via mega-uprates and subsequent license renewal
… major life-limiting structures provided no major construction defects are introduced. Most PWRs can achieve 25%-40% uprates without introducing unfeasible design modifications. This thesis suggests that a four-loop Westinghouse plant can realize a 25% power uprate for a mean cost of about …