Abstract: In North America and Europe, there is a significant number of centenary metallic bridges that require maintenance and strengthening operations. These structures need to be adapted to increasing traffic intensities, and ...

Abstract: Fatigue damage is treacherous and can lead to the failure of offshore structures. The purpose of this research is to evaluate and discuss the stress concentration factor (SCF) values for two geometries of offshore tubular ...

Abstract: In civil structures, a lot of attention is paid to lightweight design, i.e., reduction in self-weight by design without compromising safety, integrity, and performance of a structure. The cost-effectiveness of lightweight ...

Abstract: The reliable performance of composite tubes conveying nanofluid is an essential issue for robust design under dynamic loads. Further, the frequency failure mode of these structures is a considerable performance function ...

Abstract: Offshore structures are mainly associated with the oil and gas industry given that globally, nearly one-third of the oil and gas extracted worldwide comes from offshore sources. This situation is likely to continue to rise ...

Abstract: Long-term exposure to a harsh environment leads to irreversible degradation of mechanical properties of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) profiles. Understanding the aging effects on pultruded FRP composites due to long-term ...

Abstract: Preserving the structural integrity of historical bridges made of wrought iron is a mandatory technical requirement in several countries in Europe. A reliable fatigue lifetime estimation of theses bridges allows for proposal ...

Abstract: The Hercílio Luz Bridge is an eyebar suspension bridge with a riveted girder built in 1926 in Brazil, in which severe fatigue damage was found after years of service. To provide guidance for rehabilitation of the bridge, ...