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Advances in Civil Engineering
Volume 2016, Article ID 8301517, 13 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8301517
Research Article

Experimental Study of the Effectiveness of Sacrificial Cladding Using Polymeric Foams as Crushable Core with a Simply Supported Steel Beam

H. Ousji,1,2 B. Belkassem,1 M. A. Louar,1,2 B. Reymen,1 L. Pyl,2 and J. Vantomme1

1Civil and Materials Engineering Department, Royal Military Academy (RMA), Av. de la Renaissance 30, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
2Department of Mechanics of Materials and Constructions, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium

Received 21 April 2016; Accepted 4 August 2016

Academic Editor: Li Chen

Copyright © 2016 H. Ousji et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

How to Cite this Article

H. Ousji, B. Belkassem, M. A. Louar, B. Reymen, L. Pyl, and J. Vantomme, “Experimental Study of the Effectiveness of Sacrificial Cladding Using Polymeric Foams as Crushable Core with a Simply Supported Steel Beam,” Advances in Civil Engineering, vol. 2016, Article ID 8301517, 13 pages, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/8301517.