Abstract: Steel cables play an important role in many offshore applications. In many cases, an understanding of the magnitude and pattern of bending stresses in the individual component wires of a bent ...

Abstract: An analytical model is proposed for crack analysis of reinforced concrete tension members in which the tension‐stiffening effect has been taken into account. To make the model simple and practical, a new bond stress ...

Abstract: Based on a proposed bond stress distribution function that was successfully applied to the analysis of reinforced‐concrete members under tension, a two‐dimensional smeared crack model for reinforced‐concrete structures is ...

Abstract: A heterogeneous hardening rule is proposed for concrete in this paper. Being different from the hardening rules in common use, by which the development of the subsequent yield surfaces from the initial yield surface is at ...