Fatigue Life of RC Bridge Decks Affected by Non-Uniformly Dispersed Stagnant Water

Assessing the Performance of Corroding RC Bridge Decks: A Critical Review of Corrosion Propagation Models

Corrosion of steel reinforcement is one of the most prevalent causes of reinforced concrete (RC) structures deterioration in chloride-contaminated environments. As a result, evaluating the impact of any possible corrosion-induced damages to reinforced concrete bridges strongly affects management decisions: such as inspection, maintenance and repair actions. The corrosion propagation phase is a ...

Fracture Mechanics Based Fatigue Life Analysis of Rc Bridge Slab Repair by Fiber Cementitious Materials

In this thesis, an analytical tool for predicting fatigue performances of RC bridge slabs isdeveloped based on the concept of fracture mechanics. The degradation of bridging stress in thenormal direction of concrete cracks is considered as a primary mechanism for the propagation ofboth flexural cracks and shear cracks that induce the failure of RC slabs. The analysis of RC slabs...

Reliability-based life prediction of aging concrete bridge decks

Résumé NRCC 44246 National Research Council Canada Conseil national de recherches Canada

Delft University of Technology Fatigue Assessment of Full-Scale Retrofitted Orthotropic Bridge Decks

Fatigue Reliability Assessment of Orthotropic Steel Bridge Decks Based on Probabilistic Multi-scale Finite Element Analysis

The orthotropic steel deck (OSD) has been utilized successfully for thousands of bridges worldwide; however, fatigue cracking of the OSD has been observed frequently due to the complicated welded details combined with stresses that can be difficult to quantify, and the uncertainties in fatigue damage accumulation. In this paper, a fatigue reliability assessment method is proposed based on a com...