High Molecular Weight Methacrylate for Sealing Cracked Concrete
The sealing of cracks in concrete surfaces has been one of the most difficult types of repair to accomplish. Epoxy injection has been widely used, but due to its relatively high cost,...
Predicted Fatigue Life Behavior of Stay Cables
Monte Carlo simulation results are used to illustrate the relationship between the fatigue lives of short prestressing strand test specimens and long strand stay cables. Long stay cables...
A Summary and Review of Fatigue Data for Mechanical and Welded Splices in Reinforcing Bars
Published reports pertaining to fatigue tests of welded and mechanical splices in reinforcing bars were reviewed. It was observed that most specimens fractured in the reinforcing bar adjacent...
Fatigue Strength of Welded Steel Mesh
Welded steel mesh (WSM) is prefabricated by welding cold-drawn wires in a grid-like mesh. Engineers avoid using WSM as main reinforcement in highway structures due to their lack of knowledge...
Effect of High Frequency Response on Fatigue of Offshore Structures
Welded steel specimens have been tested under several loading spectra to determine the effect on fatigue life of high frequency components in the psd of the stress or strain in the joint....
Development of High Strength Composite Cables
Fiber reinforced composite materials offer significant advantages over conventional materials, for such factors as corrosion resistance, lighter weight, and higher strengths. These advantages...
Wind Tunnel Testing of the Karnali River Bridge
An extended wind tunnel testing program of the erection procedures and the stability of the completed one-tower cable-stayed Karnali River Bridge was conducted with the help of full bridge...
Aerodynamic Improvements for Plate-Girder Bridges
This paper describes the application of wind tunnel tests on plate-girder cable-stayed bridges to ensure that the cross-section will not be susceptible to wind-induced oscillations. Information...
Retrofitting Aerodynamic Performance of Bridges
This paper is a review of aerodynamic retrofit techniques for long-span bridges. The discussion includes a description of the aerodynamic problems of static divergence, flutter, buffeting,...
Inclined-Cable Aerodynamics
A series of wind tunnel tests have been conducted to clarify the fundamental mechanism of the vibration of the inclined cables of cable stayed bridges. The influence of the cable orientation...
Looking at the Past
The story of bridge building is related through a look at the bridges of the past, from earliest bridges of record to the latest cable-stayed successes. Progress in bridge development...
Weathering Steel Bridges ? State of the Art
State of the art dissertations on materials that have been in commercial use for over a century are not likely to illustrate major new and innovative breakthroughs. Instead, the state...
Concrete Bridges � State-of-the-Art
The paper reviews the types of concrete bridge decks in most common use today, with particular emphasis on recent developments. Current trends in substructures and foundations are also...
Current Research and Future Developments
A review of current research projects at the National Science Foundation on bridge engineering are reviewed and discussed with respect to immediate and future impacts. A look into the...
Equilibrium-Serviceability Design of Hyperstatic P. C. Beams
A practical flexural design procedure for continuous prestressed concrete girders based on simulataneously ensuring specified margins of safety against both limit states of section and...
Behavior of Externally Prestressed Concrete Girders
A new technique for prestressing concrete girders is presented. The girders are externally prestressed by epoxy-bonding fiber-composite plates to the tension flange of the cambered girders....
LRFD for U. S. Bridge Design ? Validation Issues
During the 1987 meeting of the AASHTO Subcommittee on Bridges and Structures, recommendations from the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP), Project 20-7/31, regarding...
Overview of Programs at Sandia National Laboratories
This paper presents on overview of the containment integrity programs at Sandia National Laboratories. Companion papers at this conference give greater details about the construction,...
Stress Analysis of the Liner and Liner Anchorage System Near Penetrations in a Reinforced Concrete Reactor Containment
An overpressurization experiment was conducted on a scale-model of a reinforced concrete containment building. The test was terminated when tears formed in the steel liner. Virtually all...
Development of a Test Validated Methodology for Predicting Concrete Containment Leakage
In the past several years, considerable research effort has been devoted by the Electric Power Research Institute and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to the behavior of reactor...
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