Abstract: Most investigations dealing with research on shear focus on concrete members such as reinforced concrete (RC) and prestressed concrete (PC) beams, columns, and slabs. It is difficult for such investigations, which include ...

Abstract: In order to prevent traffic accidents on snow-covered bridge decks, the writers developed a new pipe heating system that uses only groundwater stored in a large underground tank. The underground tank provides geothermal ...

Abstract: This paper presents the negative bending of reinforced concrete slabs strengthened with near-surface mounted (NSM) carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) strips. Six slab specimens, three of which are strengthened with ...