Publications

in press

• Flexural stiffness of RC beams with high-strength steel bars after exposure to elevated temperatures

  Jun Zhao, Yibo Jiang****, Gaochuang Cai**, Xiangsheng Deng*, Amir Si Larbi***  *Internship student (2023.11.15～2024.1.31(onsite: 2023.12.4-2024.1.31)) in IROAST Research Internship Program   **Host professor at Kumamoto University  ***IROAST Visiting Prof. **** Kumamoto University Guest Scholar (2023.02/01-2024/01/31)

  Structural Concrete, in press

  https://doi.org/10.1002/suco.202300934

2024

• Experimental and Transformer-Based Study on Seismic Behavior and Plastic Hinge Length of RC Columns Reinforced with End-Fixed Ultra-High Strength Rebars

  Yue Wen*, Gaochuang Cai**, and Prafulla Malla
  *Internship student (2022.01.17-2022.02.18 [online]) in IROAST Research Internship Program
  **Host professor at Kumamoto University
  

  Buildings 2024, 14(10), 3046, 2024

  https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings14103046

• Shear behavior of reinforced concrete beams with high-strength reinforcements after high temperatures

  Jun ZHAO, Xiangsheng DENG**,  Gaochuang CAI**,  Amir SI LARBI***, Xiaotong LIU
  *Internship student (2023.11.15～2024.1.31(onsite: 2023.12.4-2024.1.31)) in IROAST Research Internship Program   **Host professor at Kumamoto University  ***IROAST Visiting Prof.

  Construction and Building Materials, 447, 138071 (2024)

  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.138071

• The influence of high temperature exposure on the tensile and cracking behavior of crimped-textile reinforced mortar composites (TRMs)

  Khan Junaid, Nonna Algourdin, Zyed Mesticou, Gaochuang Cai, Amir Si Larbi

  Construction and Building Materials, 439, 16, 137350 (2024)

  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.137350

• Application of supervised learning for classification of cracking and non-cracking major damage in TRMs based on AE features

  Khan Junaid, Amir Si Larbi, Nonna Algourdin, Zyed Mesticou, Dimitrios Aggelis, Gaochuang Cai

  Construction and Building Materials, 437, 137079 (2024)

  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.137079

• Effect of axial load and shear span on seismic performance of CFT columns reinforced with end-fixed ultra-high strength rebars

  Gaochuang Cai**, Yue Wen*, Malla Prafulla, Takashi Fujinaga and Amir Si Larbi
  *Internship student (2022.01.17-2022.02.18 [online]) in IROAST Research Internship Program
  **Host professor at Kumamoto University
  

  Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 22, 4515–4543, 2024

  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-024-01939-4

• Tensile and cracking behaviour of crimped textile reinforced mortar (TRM) based on digital image correlation

  Junaid, K.*, Zyed, M., Nonna, A., Cai, G, Si Larbi, A.

  Construction and Building Materials, 417, 135321. (2024).

  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2024.135321

2023

• Column Link Behavior in Eccentrically Braced Composite 3-Dimensional Frames

  Celine Reena G. Beulah Gnana Ananthi Gurupatham and Konstantinos Daniel Tsavdaridis

  Buildings, 13(12), 2970 (2023)

  https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13122970

• Seismic Behavior of Circular Concrete Columns Reinforced by Low Bond Ultrahigh Strength Rebars

  Y. P. Sun, G. C. Cai

  Journal of Structural Engineering, 149, 9, 04023126. (2023)

  https://doi.org/10.1061/JSENDH.STENG-10296

• Seismic behavior and simplified hysteretic model of precast concrete wall panels with bolted connections under cyclic loading

  Fuchao Zhao*, Feng Xiong, Gaochuang Cai**, Qi Ge, A. Si Larbi
  *Internship student (2022.01.20-2022.02.25 [online]) in IROAST Research Internship Program
  **Host professor at Kumamoto University

  Engineering Structures, 292, 1, 116562 (2023)
  

  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2023.116562

• Bond performance of carbon fiber reinforced polymer rebars in ultra-high-performance concrete

  Haitang Zhu, Yunjian He*, Gaochuang Cai**, Shengzhao Cheng, Yin Zhang, Amir Si Larbi
  *Internship student (2022.01.20-2022.02.25 [online]) in IROAST Research Internship Program
  **Host professor at Kumamoto University, **Corresponding author
  

  Construction and Building Materials, 387, 131646 (2023)

  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2023.131646

• Cyclic behavior of RCFT columns with large D/t ratio steel tubes: Effect of reinforcement arrangement

  Gaochuang Cai**, T. Fujinaga, A. Si Larbi, Y. Wen* and P. B. Malla *Internship student (2022.01.17-2022.02.18 [online]) in IROAST Research Internship Program **Host professor at Kumamoto University

  Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 21(9), 4565–4588 (2023). 
  

  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-023-01696-w

• Seismic behavior of square concrete columns confined by FRP-steel composite tube

  Yanlei Wang, Gaochuang Cai

  The Journal of Building Engineering, 65, 105754

  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2022.105754

• Damage control of the masonry infills in RC frames under cyclic loads: a full-scale test study and numerical analyses

  Qiwang Su, Gaochuang Cai, Meree Hani, Amir Si Larbi,  Konstantinos Daniel Tsavdaridis   

  Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 21(2), 1017-1045 (2023)

  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-022-01565-y

  *Added volume number on April 14, 2023

• Performance and numerical modelling of full-scale demountable bolted PC wall panels subjected to cyclic loading

  Fuchao Zhao*, Feng Xiong, Gaochuang Cai**, Huiqun Yan, Ye Liu, Amir Si Larbi *IROAST Young Internship Researcher (2022.01.17-2022.02.25/online) in IROAST Research Internship Program  **Host professor at Kumamoto University

  Journal of Building Engineering, 63, Part A, 105556 (2023)

  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jobe.2022.105556

2022

• Performance and modeling of FRP-steel dually confined reinforced concrete under cyclic axial loading

  Guipeng Chen, Yananlei Wang, Gaochuang Cai, Amir Si Larbi, Baolin Wan, Qingduo Hao

  Composite Structures, 300, 116076

  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2022.116076