Abstract: The rotational failure of backfills and embankments is known to be involved with inhering anisotropic effects resulting from different stress paths along the rotational shear plane. The granulated rubber–sand mixtures have ...

Abstract: The last few years have witnessed a wide use of externally bonded fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) sheets for strengthening existing reinforced and prestressed concrete structures. The success of this strengthening method ...

Abstract: The debonding mode of failure, which is observed in girders strengthened using externally attached fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) sheets, is studied in this paper. A numerical analysis of the direct-shear response of FRP ...