Tensile creep behaviour of cracked textile reinforced concrete

Effect of Compressive Creep on Fracture Properties of Concrete: Strengthening versus Weakening

For nuclear power plant containment, concrete is subjected to sustained compressive stresses due to prestressing, and the time-dependent creep deformation of concrete can alter its mechanical and fracture properties. To assess the cracking resistance of concrete in under extreme loads, this study investigated the eff...

Bond behavior of co-corrosion of deformed bar and stirrups in concrete under monotonic and cyclic loading

A Failure Study of Composite T Joints Under Tensile Loading

Composite T-joints subjected to out-of-plane tensile loading remain less studied than conventional lap joints despite their increasing use in hybrid composite–metal structures. This study experimentally investigates the mechanical behavior and failure mechanisms of glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) T-joints mechani...

Influence of Fiber Content on the Self-Healing Behavior of Engineered Cementitious Composites

This study investigated the self-healing behavior of Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECCs), with a focus on the influence of fiber content. ECC mixtures have shown a distinctive response under tensile loading, particularly their high tensile strain capacity, which leads to the formation of microcracks and the redis...

The effect of cracks on mechanical properties of round bamboo

Abstract Cracks are inevitable defects in engineering applications of round bamboo. However, existing research on the effects of cracks on the mechanical properties remains insufficient. In this study, systematic mechanical tests were conducted on crack-free (B1) and cracked (B2) round bamboo specimens, including compr...

Quantification of the creep, fatigue, and oxidation damage and life prediction

Materials at high temperatures may undergo damage due to the interaction of creep, fatigue, and oxidation. Since the last decade, many methods have been developed to predict the life of the materials under creep–fatigue interaction (CFI) loading. However, oxidation damage is very rarely considered in such prediction...