Abstract: The use of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites for new construction is still limited primarily due to high costs and designs based on shapes best suitable to conventional materials. The layered and fiber dominated ...

Abstract: The national bridge inventory (NBI) system, a database of visual inspection records that tallies the condition of bridge elements, is used by transportation agencies to manage the rehabilitation of the aging U.S. highway ...

Abstract: This paper presents an analytical procedure for predicting the shear load-deformation response of concrete filled fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) composite cylindrical shells with full- and noncomposite behavior. The approach ...

Abstract: A closed-form solution to the effect of member deformations (δ) on the inelastic response of RC bridge columns is presented. The formulation is based on an equivalent elastic structure with a constant flexural stiffness ...

Abstract: This paper presents a nonlinear inelastic solution for the length of the critical plastic region in the case of nonlinear moment profiles along RC bridge columns. A new analytical expression for the length of the plastic ...

Abstract: A new structural system has been developed that combines a fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) shell with a concrete core for use as bending members in civil structural applications. The external fiber-reinforced shell in this ...

Abstract: In this paper, three-dimensional (3D) continuum-based finite-element (FE) simulations are implemented for estimating intermediate damage limit states in flexure-dominated ductile reinforced concrete (RC) bridge columns. ...

Abstract: This study evaluates the stability index of slender RC bridge columns under seismic and gravity loads. Results from this research indicate that current stability indexes used in neglecting P-Δ effects have an associated ...

Abstract: This study evaluates the stability index of slender RC bridge columns under seismic and gravity loads. Results from this research indicate that current stability indexes used in neglecting P-Δ effects have an associated ...