Gerber road bridges provide clear advantages in terms of stress distribution and absorption
of small settlements. For this reason, such bridge designs have been frequently used in Italy …

Bridges are essential for guaranteeing the functioning of transportation systems since their
failure can cause serious threats to the safety, well-being and economy of modern …

Monitoring and evaluating the deterioration of structures is one of the most pressing
challenges of the last decades. Bridges and overpasses represent a significant percentage …

Plastic electronic waste (E-waste) is constantly growing around the world owing to the rapid
increase in industrialization, urbanization, and population. The current annual production …

This paper presents the technical causes of the collapse of the Annone overpass, a
reinforced concrete half-joint bridge built in the early 1960s in northern Italy, occurred in …

Renovation, restoration, remodeling, refurbishment, and the retrofitting of buildings often
imply applying forces (ie, concentrated loads) to beams that before were subjected to …

This paper presents the results of forensic assessments on reinforced concrete half-joint
beams tested within the literature through the application of nonlinear finite element …

Reinforced concrete dapped-end connections are commonly used in precast structures due
to ease of construction and the possibility to maintain a reduced structural depth. However …

The assessment of the Gerber half-joints (or saddles), widespread in the infrastructure
heritage of different countries, is nowadays a topical problem since they are often affected by …

This paper numerically investigates the effect of post-tension interventions to strengthen the
deteriorated half-joints of the Musmeci Bridge in Potenza (Italy), with the primary objective of …