Abstract: This paper investigates fatigue strength of plain concrete subjected to flexural loading. This type of fatigue loading is of concern in the design of concrete bridges and concrete pavement slabs, since the flexural stresses ...

Abstract: The flexural behavior of reinforced concrete beams containing steel fibers is investigated in the present study. An experimental program was set up and nine reinforced concrete beams have been tested, including two series ...

Abstract: The purpose of the present paper is to propose a method to give a more accurate prediction of time-dependent prestress force changes due to creep and shrinkage of concrete in prestressed concrete (PSC) structures. Updating ...

Abstract: This paper describes a method of statistical analysis and a sensitivity analysis of the effects of creep and shrinkage in prestressed concrete (PSC) box girder bridges. Three possible sources of the uncertainties of the ...

Abstract: The purpose of the present study is to propose an improved damage detection and assessment algorithm based on the method of system identification. In this approach, the complete sets of modes or displacements are not needed ...

Abstract: Presented is a method which can predict accurately the crack width in reinforced concrete beams under repeated loading. It is known that the crack widths increase with an increase of the number of load cycles. To evaluate ...

Abstract: The crack widths of reinforced concrete flexural members are influenced by repetitive fatigue loadings. The bond stress-slip relation is necessary to estimate these crack widths realistically. The purpose of the present ...

Abstract: The strengthening of existing concrete structures is a major concern in recent years as the number of degraded structures increases. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the static and fatigue behavior of reinforced ...