FRP-reinforced concrete widely used in engineering with excellent salt resistance is a
potential alternative to steel-reinforced concrete in harsh environments. This paper reviews …

Precast columns are widely adopted in Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) due to its fast
construction speed, environment amity and little interference to existing traffic. The bending …

This paper presents the results of an experimental investigation that was carried out to
examine the size effect on the shear strength and behavior of concrete beams reinforced …

In this study, shear damage development of four precast bridge columns with different
connection design details are first examined via quasi-static test. The short columns are of …

Precast bridge structures have been increasingly applied in recent civil engineering
applications, which shortens construction time, lowers cost, improves structure quality …

Shear friction or aggregate interlock behaviour across sliding planes in concrete is a well-
established area of research used in numerical modelling and in the understanding of shear …

In this study acoustic emission (AE) techniques were employed to investigate the process of
fracture formation in large, shear-critical, reinforced concrete beams and to gain improved …

Complex nature of diagonal tension accompanied by the formation of new cracks as well as
closing and propagating preexisting cracks has deterred researchers to achieve an …

A set of stress-strain relations for normal-strength concrete and mild steel bars embedded in
concrete is presented in this paper. The salient features of the proposed constitutive laws …

Shear resistance by beams without stirrups presents the transfer of shear and normal
principal stresses across the open cracks within reinforced concrete (RC) beams. The …