Borated water leakage through spent fuel pools (SFPs) at pressurized water reactors is a concern because it could cause corrosion of reinforcement steel in the concrete structure and compromise the integrity of the structure. Because corrosion rate of carbon steel in concrete in the presence of boric acid is lacking in published literature and available data are equivocal on the effect of boric...

In order to assess the bond behavior of deformed steel rebars in recycled-aggregate concrete (RAC) incorporating both fine and coarse recycled aggregate, pull-out tests were carried out in this study on 16-mm diameter deformed steel rebars embedded concentrically in RAC. The concrete was designed using equivalently mixed proportions of both recycled coarse aggregate and recycled fine aggregate....

This study investigated the response of reinforced concrete (RC) slabs in building structures to internal explosions. The performances of two slabs designed in accordance with the protective structural design and conventional gravity design approaches were evaluated in terms of midspan displacements, support rotations, and damage patterns. Data from available slab blast experiments in the open ...

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In this paper, a novel kind of method to monitor corrosion expansion of steel rebars in steel reinforced concrete structures named fiber optic coil winding method is proposed, discussed and tested. It is based on the fiber optical Brillouin sensing technique. Firstly, a strain calibration experiment is designed and conducted to obtain the strain coefficient of single mode fiber optics. Results ...

workers who carry out manual rebar tying tasks are exposed to muscular-skeletal injuries associated with the use of manual tools and the movements associated with them (force, repetitiveness and awkward wrist postures). this paper presents a background on musculoskeletal injuries directly linked to manual and mechanical rebar tying method is conducted. the objective of this study is to compare ...

Shear walls are important vertical and lateral bearing element in structures. While shear with openings fragile due to stress concentration the quasi-brittle behavior of concrete tension. Therefore, additional strengthening rebars required for openings. However, it aggravates problem dense reinforcement which increases steel cage manufacturing compaction still lacks countermeasures against dama...

This paper explores a set of new equations to predict the bond strength between fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) rebar and concrete. The proposed equations are based on a comprehensive statistical analysis and existing experimental results in the literature. Namely, the most effective parameters on bond behavior of FRP concrete were first identified by applying a factorial analysis on a part of t...

While various approaches have been developed to minimize rebar cutting waste, such as optimizing patterns and the lap splice position, reducing usage by minimizing number of splices remains uninvestigated. In response these issues, a two-stage optimization algorithm was that prioritizes use special-length achieve near-zero waste (N0RCW) less than 1%, while also overall usage. The first optimize...