The degradation of reinforced concrete (RC) structural components owing to aging mechanisms and extreme loading events can cause significant performance and safety …
Substantial attention is being paid to accelerated bridge construction (ABC) in the United States because ABC offers many advantages such as shorter onsite construction time, lower …
C Li, H Hao, K Bi - Engineering Structures, 2017 - Elsevier
To accelerate construction speed, precast segmental column is becoming more and more popular in recent years due to its obvious advantages in saving construction time, reducing …
Posttensioned bridge rocking systems have emerged as an alternative to traditional ductility design where substructure elements, such as columns and piles, are designed to dissipate …
H Qian, Z Li, J Pei, L Kang, H Li - Composite Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents a preliminary experimental investigation of a self-centering beam- column joint reinforced with superelastic Ni-Ti SMA bars and ECC materials. As an …
B Wang, S Zhu - Construction and Building Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
Shape memory alloys (SMAs) show great potential in seismic applications because of their appealing superelastic feature and good energy dissipation capacity. The tensile behavior …
A new earthquake resilient ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) bridge column was proposed and fabricated with precast segmental construction. The bottom segment was …
M Mashal, A Palermo - Journal of Bridge Engineering, 2019 - ascelibrary.org
In this research, a low-damage seismic design technology has been proposed for accelerated bridge construction (ABC). ABC low damage aims to minimize, and potentially …