A concrete element when kept under sustained load presents progressive strain over time, associated to the creep.In reinforced concrete columns, such deformations cause the stress increase in the steel bars of the reinforcement and may induce the material to undergo the yielding phenomenon.The pioneering formulations about the creep effect, develop

Sendang Duwur Mosque built by Sunan Sendang Duwur not only plays as a place for worship, but also as cultural space to preserve religious tradition and acculturation between Islamic culture and pre-Islamic tradition.This study uses a qualitative descriptive approach to describe and to analyze the functions of Sendang Duwur mosque as manifestation o

We propose a credible alliance-chain-based public auditing scheme (CACPA) to properly address the trust problem of third-party auditor (TPA) in the traditional audit scheme for cloud storage.Based on the non-tamperability and traceability of blockchain, we design a novel incentive mechanism to enforce honest and reliable behaviors of TPA.The basic