With the view to make steel bridge structures more competitive, it is indispensable to look for some ways such as to reduce the price of their fabrication, an important r [...]

This paper describes the sustainable aspects for a major bridge rehabilitation through an innovative structural system. To meet this challenge, the design team has select [...]

The new PCM Method had been developed. The major advantage of this method is that the strengthening thickness will be reduced to less than about 100 mm compared with a co [...]

There are many events which are not solved as extreme design situations in present standards used for bridge design, maintenance and refurbishment - the safety of the use [...]

Reinforced concrete structures are widely constructed in the Persian Gulf region for infrastructures of ports and oil exploration. But these structures are increasingly b [...]

The bridges, footbridges and broadcast towers create an important subset of infrastructure subjected to dynamic loading of various origins. Especially, exposed to wind, t [...]

Lateral seismic reactions and their impact to supporting structures piers and piles of highway arc bridge are analysed. Due to the fact that not accurate values of soil p [...]

Japan Prestressed Concrete Engineering Association set up the technical committee on "Application of High Strength Prestressing Tendons to Prestressed Concrete Structures [...]

This study evaluates different methods of strengthening existing square concrete columns under eccentric loading. Twelve reinforced square concrete columns were cast. Fou [...]

This paper details the retrofit of the interstate I-65 Expressway in Jefferson County, Kentucky using carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) fabric. Three different types [...]