This study investigates the deterioration process and mechanism of reinforced concrete (RC) slabs in road bridges under dry stagnant water (wet) conditions. Previous studies used a simple-plate model (SPM) to predict fatigue life RC decks by considering conservative assumptions for safer assessment different environmental processes. To obtain more detailed analysis clarify result mechanism, ful...

U-shaped thin-walled concrete bridge beams usually suffer the combined actions of flexure, shear and torsion, but no research about the behavior of U-shaped thin-walled RC beams under combined actions has been reported in literature. Three large specimens of U-shaped thin-walled RC beams were tested under different torque–bending moment ratios (T–M ratios) of 1:5, 1:1 and 1:0 to investigate the...

Rhizoma coptidis (RC) has been used as an herbal medicine in China for over one thousand years, and it was subjected to specific processing before use as materia medica. Processing is a pharmaceutical technique that aims to enhance the efficacy and/or reduce the toxicity of crude drugs according to traditional Chinese medicine theory. In this study, the chemical profiles of RC, ginger juice pro...

In this paper, we focus on the synthetic understanding of documents, specifically reading comprehension (RC). A current problem with RC is the need for a method of analyzing the RC system performance to realize further development. We propose a methodology for examining RC systems from multiple viewpoints. Our methodology consists of three steps: define a set of basic skills used for RC, manual...

Fusion-based imaging using ground-penetrating radar (GPR) and ultrasonic echo array (UEA) was employed to track damage progression in the columns of two full-scale reinforced concrete (RC) bridge column-footing subassembly laboratory specimens. The specimens had different lap-splice detailing were subjected reverse-cyclic lateral loading simulating a subduction zone earthquake. GPR UEA scans pe...

Two identical reinforced concrete (RC) bridge piers including a rectangular and circular section are considered. The influence of corrosion damage, non-stationary characteristics ground motions, cross-sectional shape on nonlinear dynamic behaviour, failure mechanism probability these is investigated. An advanced modelling technique, capable coupled inelastic buckling low-cycle fatigue degradati...

This article investigates the potential detrimental effects of cyclic load during installation externally bonded (EB) carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) on a damaged reinforced concrete (RC) structure. Four RC specimens were tested in three point bending to study consequences crack opening-closure epoxy-curing period. A first specimen (without CFRP) was loaded monotonically up failure serve...