Abstract: Bicycle wheels achieve their structural efficiency by making use of prestressing in three ways. Tests show that the bottom spokes carry virtually all the load by compressive forces, which reduce the tensile prestress set ...

Abstract: This paper presents a fracture mechanics model to determine the load at which FRP plates will debond from reinforced concrete beams. This will obviate the need for finite-element analyses to be used in situations where ...

Abstract: Flexural retrofitting of reinforced concrete (RC) beams using fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) plate is a common way to increase the flexural capacity. There is a lack of rational design method to determine where the ...

Abstract: This paper investigates the statistical procedures that can be used to analyze stress rupture data for aramid yarns, with a view to making reasonable predictions for the allowable prestress levels in parallel-lay ropes or ...

Abstract: Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) plate debonding is commonly caused by the fracturing of concrete, but few studies of fracture debonding models exist, from which the failure load of the concrete cover layer can be evaluated. ...