Abstract: Concrete highway bridge remaining service life has been at the forefront of bridge owners’ concerns for several years in terms of growing bridge maintenance needs. Distresses in concrete bridge components occur due to ...

Abstract: Distresses in concrete and timber bridge components occur due to physical, chemical and mechanical factors that manifest as observable symptoms of deterioration. Deterioration models relate the observable defects to the ...

Abstract: Being an essential component of our economy, bridges play a vital role in facilitating transportation of people and goods all over the world. Bridge infrastructure systems help in developing an effective way to monitor and ...

Abstract: The objectives of this study are to evaluate the parameters that affect the behavior of flexible pipes for culverts and storm sewers and to examine the strength-limit states of such pipes proposed by the AASHTO bridge-design ...

Abstract: This paper describes the procedure and results of the field tests on high-density polyethylene (HDPE), PVC, and metal large diameter pipes subjected to a highway design truck loading. Numerical simulations using finite ...

Abstract: Segmental bridges are widely used for accelerated construction and lower costs and environmental impact. The major concern with such bridges is in the corrosion protection of posttensioning steel strands. Noncorrosive ...

Abstract: Carbon fiber strands offer a viable alternative to corrosion-prone steel strands in posttensioning applications. This study focused on a side-by-side comparison of two types of carbon fiber strands with different elastic ...