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Concept, Tests, and Optimum Design of Novel Negative Stiffness Friction Dampers for Seismic Protection of Long‐Span Bridges

Earthquake Engineering &Structural Dynamics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Viscous dampers (VDs) are widely used to mitigate the excessive responses of long‐span bridges. However, VDs face some intricate challenges in engineering practices, including high damping coefficient requirement, potential base shear amplification and tremendous damping force under high velocity. To address these issues, this study develops a
Ruisheng Ma, Shaodong Jiang, Kun Xu, Qiang Han, Xiuli Du, Kaiming Bi   +5 more
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The clashing of in situ and pre‐cast technologies—Western trends and local traditions in concrete engineering shaping shell construction in 20th‐century Hungary

Structural Concrete, EarlyView.
Abstract After a blossoming pre‐World War II (WWII) period, the concrete construction industry in then‐socialist Hungary existed in a relative isolation from the Western World during the mid‐20th century. In this paper, we focus on the body of work of one of the then newly established state‐owned design offices, IPARTERV, to show how the isolation ...
Orsolya Gáspár, Péter Haba
wiley   +1 more source

Experimentally Validated Nonlinear Analysis of Bridge Plate Girders with Deformations

Studia Geotechnica et Mechanica, 2015
Comprehensive methodology of numerical nonlinear analysis of the consecutive phases in the structural behaviour of bridge plate girders with deformations is presented.
Kużawa Mieszko, Bień Jan
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Performance analysis of strengthening reinforced concrete beams under pure torsion using galvanized steel sheets: Experimental and numerical investigation

Structural Concrete, EarlyView.
Abstract Reinforced concrete (RC) beams can be subjected to torsion, and failure due to torsion is brittle and poses a significant risk to occupants. Moreover, strengthening of existing RC beams in torsion may be required due to the upgrade of the structures or as part of structural rehabilitation.
Ahmed Hamoda, Mizan Ahmed, Ahmad G. Saad, Aref A. Abadel, Saad A. Yehia   +4 more
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Evaluation of prestress losses in concrete beams using destructive and non‐destructive methods

Structural Concrete, EarlyView.
Abstract Over the past few decades, prestressing techniques have become essential in the construction of key structures, infrastructure, and bridges. The serviceability and safety of prestressed concrete (PC) elements are closely tied to the effectiveness of the prestressing process.
A. N. Consiglio, G. Muciaccia, G. Rosati
wiley   +1 more source

Flexural performance of concrete‐filled steel tubular beams with wood chip aggregate

Structural Concrete, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates the flexural performance of concrete‐filled steel tubular (CFST) beams with partial replacement of aggregates by wood chips (0%–25%) through experimental and numerical analysis. This study is novel in that it experimentally and numerically investigates the flexural behavior of CFST beams with partial replacement of ...
Mizan Ahmed, Mohamed Emara, Vipulkumar Ishvarbhai Patel, Wensu Chen, Xihong Zhang, Faiz Shaikh, Ahmed Hamoda   +6 more
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Enhancing Fire Resistance of Steel Bridge Girders Using External Fire Insulation

Kurdistan Journal of Applied Research, 2017
Fire in steel bridges can be a significant hazard; however, no provisions are specified for fire resistance of bridge structural members in current codes and standards.
Esam M. Aziz
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Multi‐level fatigue reliability assessment of reinforced concrete railway bridges

Structural Concrete, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper presents a multi‐level reliability framework for assessing the fatigue life of reinforced concrete (RC) railway trough bridges subjected to cyclic loading. The framework incorporates increasing levels of analytical complexity and real‐world data in four steps. First, an analytical model applies S–N curves and the Palmgren–Miner rule
Silvia Sarmiento, Jaime Gonzalez‐Libreros, Chao Wang, Lennart Elfgren, Ola Enoksson, Tommy Höjsten, Lars‐Olof Andersson, Gabriel Sas   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Study on flexural load bearing performance of small radius steel plate composite girder bridge [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences
The study of flexural load capacity of small radius steel plate composite girder bridges is of great academic and engineering value. This study is based on an actual engineering project and modelled by MIDAS finite element software, aiming to explore the
Yang Yang, Qiu Tijun
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Rotation capacity of continuous reinforced concrete slab strips revisited

Structural Concrete, EarlyView.
Abstract Rotation capacity is a key characteristic of statically indeterminate reinforced concrete structures, as it (i) enables bending moment redistributions, whether intentionally introduced through optimized reinforcement layouts or arising from unforeseen self‐equilibrated stress states, and (ii) promotes large rotations at failure load, thereby ...
Nathalie Reckinger, Karel Thoma, Walter Kaufmann   +2 more
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