The American Concrete Institute (ACI), a world-renowned institution in the field of concrete, has awarded the Mete A. Sozen Award for Excellence in Structural Research to the article “Refined Three-Dimensional Strut-And-Tie Model For Analysis And Design Of Four-Pile Caps (Refined three-dimensional model of struts and ties for the analysis and design of pile caps on…
The Agència Valenciana de la Innovació (AVI) finances the development of new techniques for recycling and manufacturing construction materials from construction and demolition waste, an initiative carried out by Cantera La Torreta in collaboration with the Instituto Tecnológico Metalmecánico, Mueble, Madera, Embalaje y Afines (Aidimme), the Instituto de Tecnología Cerámica (ITC) and the Concrete Science…
José M. Adam has obtained an ERC Consolidator Grant, one of the most prestigious grants from the European Research Council, endowed with 2.5 million euros, to carry out a project that will help build safer and more robust buildings, avoiding the progressive collapse of its structure due to terrorist attacks, natural disasters or other extreme…
The ICITECH, IMEDMAR-UCV and ROVER MORITIME collaborate in the Livingports project that seeks the best alternatives for the construction of submerged structures, and monitors and evolves marine fauna and flora on these new materials. The project directed by the Institute for Research in the Environment and Marine Science (IMEDMAR-UCV), which will investigate maritime infrastructures made…
The Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), through the University Institute of Concrete Science and Technology (ICITECH), has recently carried out fatigue tests on the Quisi and Ferrandet bridges, built in 1914, and which are part of the Line 9 (Benidorm-Dénia) of the TRAM d’Alacant. It is a first-level trial and a world reference in the…
Our colleague José Miguel Adam has led a project that prevents the failure of a building due to an accidental event. He proposes new design methods for the corner columns of buildings that redistribute excessive loads in extreme situations that would lead to the collapse of the structure. This project aims to reduce the vulnerability…
Researchers at ICITECH have obtained for the first time worldwide a lightweight and insulating cellular concrete (HCT) in which 85% of the materials are waste. Household aluminum foil, rice husk ash and residues from the manufacture of iron in blast furnaces or from the production of fuels are used for its manufacture. It is a…
José Luis Bonet, Javier Pereiro and Alberto Navarro, researchers at the Institute of Concrete Science and Technology (ICITECH) of the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), have designed a new constructive element that improves the protection of buildings and bridges against earthquakes. Called Smart Seismic Concrete Connection (SSCC), it enhances the connection between structural elements. It…
Researchers Jordi Payá, Vicky Borrachero, José Monzó and Lourdes Soriano, together with Lucía Reig from the Universitat Jaume I de Castelló, Mauro Tashima from the Universidade Estadual Paulista de Brasil and Chris Cheeseman from Imperial College (United Kingdom) have been developing different investigations on the use of ceramic residues in the manufacture of new cements.…
In the case of the Sagunto industrial plant, the concrete and steel structures have been inspected. They consist of industrial buildings that support the components of the plant: furnaces, heat exchangers, elevator belts, mills, etc. In addition, the main silos for the storage of raw materials or cement and the structures of the industrial buildings…
