Abstract: A concrete thin-walled box girder prestressed with external CFRP tendons has been made, and tested in the course of CFRP tendons tensing until concrete cracking. Prestressing loss and some behaviors under uniform load such ...

Abstract: Large wave forces induced by the combination of storm surge and hurricane waves have caused significant damage and failure of various coastal bridges in the Gulf of Mexico. Existing research studies are mainly focused on ...

Abstract: The automotive film capacitors (AFCs) stand as a widely employed components in electric vehicles. Yet, a notable concern arises with the potential for excessive ripple current, which can prompt self-heating in the AFC and ...

Abstract: A series of isotropically consolidated undrained triaxial tests were performed on cemented clay with super-absorbent polymer (SAP) at high water content to investigate the effect of SAP content on the undrained shear ...

Abstract: The residual static load (RSL) is defined in the ASCE 74 standard as the loading criteria for a broken wire condition. However, a transmission line designed on the basis of the RSL may be unsafe because the RSL takes no ...