Abstract: After presenting an energy analysis of size effect in the first part of this study, the second part gives a solution by integrating the differential equations of beam bending theory, coupled with a softening force-slip law ...

Abstract: The size effect on the nominal strength of steel-concrete composite beams caused by shear failures of connectors such as welded studs is analyzed by two different approaches: (1) In this paper (Part I) by a fracture type ...

Abstract: This paper deals with the effect of drying as a moisture diffusion process in a segment of a typical box‐girder bridge. Pore relative humidity distributions throughout the cross sections of the plates of the girder are ...