...Luís Oliveira Santos, PhD; Min Xu, PhD; António Santos Silva, PhD São João das Areias Bridge and Criz II Bridge, located in the reservoir of Aguieira dam, in the centre of Portugal, were affected by internal swelling reactions of concrete, which particularly affected their piers and foundations...

... distress in concrete structures reinforced with such rebars. 10 03 2018 08 10 2018 ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2018 beams & girders bridges columns Beyond various provisions for bond length or anchor length, in the design for reinforced-concrete elements...

...John C. Moore, Pt III IEE, PhD, MIEAust, MIPWEA; Rex Glencross-Grant, BE, MEngSc, MTT, LGE, CPEng, FIEAust, LGE, MASC, MIPWEA, APEC Eng During the period 1855-1930, in NSW, Australia many larger timber bridges with spans up to 100 m and overall lengths of 500 m were designed and constructed...

...Janusz Hołowaty, PhD During the routine testing of structural steels in bridges in western Poland, on two segments of railway lines built back in 1875, it was revealed that four bridge structures had been manufactured from steels of higher tensile strength than regular mild steel. These bridges had...

...Chao Zhang, PhD Fibre-reinforced polymer composites have gained increasing popularity within the bridge engineering sector, mainly due to the financial benefits often associated with their use. As concerns grow over climate change and depletion of natural resources, it is important...

...Giovanna Zanardo, PhD, CEng, MICE, MIEAust, CPEng; Ahmad Shayan, PhD; Robert F. Scanlon, BEng, CPEng, MIEAust A number of composite concrete bridges (i.e. bridges with precast prestressed concrete beams designed to act structurally in combination with a cast-in-situ concrete slab) were constructed...

... the cost and environmental implications when any new material is introduced into construction. The main barriers to application of new materials within the construction industry are discussed in detail with reference to the development of an advanced composite bridge decking system. Based...

...H. A. Ghanem, MSc; S. Phelan, PhD, PE,; S. Senadheera, PhD; Y. A. Daou, MSc, PhD During freezing temperatures, ice accumulates on exposed concrete slabs such as bridge decks. De-icing salts such as calcium chloride are applied to control this ice formation. These salts migrate down...

... encourage its use. bridges timber structures Stress lamination of timber is a form of construction designed to utilise the timbers of small and low-quality softwood available from the UK forests. The first use of modern stress lamination took place in Canada and the USA, driven by the need...