Recent studies have focused on understanding failure mechanisms—such as punching shear and flexural degradation—as well as on enhancing connection performance through innovative reinforcement ...

Improvements through the integration of steel reinforcement sheets beneath ... to reduce material usage and self‐weight. Punching Shear: A failure mode occurring at concentrated load zones ...

Using concrete with 100% RCA reduced in 5.6% and 12.6% the punching strength of slabs without and with shear reinforcement. The load-displacement response and the cracking pattern of the slab-column ...

Punching resistance is influenced by different factors, such as the compressive strength of concrete, flexural reinforcement ratio, dimensions and geometry of the column, openings in the slab near the ...

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Charlie Greaves, 25, with his Staffordshire bull terrier and boxer crossbreed, which he was walking along the seafront when he was attacked. Credit: Suffolk Police A man who punched a dog walker ...

Similar to the process of supervised learning, where AI models are nudged closer to the correct answer with pre-labeled data sets, reinforcement fine-tuning employs a programmable grading system ...