Abstract: This paper proposes a physical model–based approach for predicting failures of concrete stormwater pipelines considering corrosion of reinforcing steel bars. Three failure modes, namely flexure failure, shear failure, and ...

Abstract: Linear elastic fracture mechanics has been widely used for fracture analysis of cracked metals. For ductile materials, it is known that the yielding of a crack front results in the easing of stress intensity at the crack ...

Abstract: A temporal coupled explicit–implicit time integration algorithm is proposed to improve the computational efficiency of the numerical manifold method (NMM) for seismic stability analysis of rock slope. It includes a coupled ...

Abstract: A review of the literature shows that current research on corrosion-affected reinforced concrete structures focuses more on strength deterioration than on serviceability deterioration. For corrosion-induced concrete cracking, ...

Abstract: Water pipe infrastructure, especially cast iron and asbestos cement, are close to or past their recommended service life. Rehabilitation of this existing water pipe infrastructure is critical to reduce replacement costs ...

Abstract: The water industry is facing increasing pressure to replace or renovate aging asbestos cement (AC) pipes due to rising failure rates. While AC pipes have been used since the 1930s, many have already exceeded their expected ...