In Situ Verification of Tendons of First Segmental Post-Tensioned Road Bridges by Kralovanec Jakub, Moravcik Martin, Zahuranec Michal, Bahleda Frantisek

“…Prestressed concrete bridges represent a massive part of our infrastructure. …”
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Analysis of the Influence of Cracked Sleepers under Static Loading on Ballasted Railway Tracks by Laura Montalbán Domingo, Clara Zamorano Martín, Cristina Palenzuela Avilés, Julia I. Real Herráiz

“…The principal causes of cracking in prestressed concrete sleepers are the dynamic loads induced by track irregularities and imperfections in the wheel-rail contact and the in-phase and out-of-phase track resonances. …”
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Model Test on the Vibration Reduction Characteristics of a Composite Foundation with Gravel Cushion under Different Seismic Wave Amplitudes by Yingying Zhao, Weiming Gong, Xianzhang Ling, Peng Li, Ziyu Wang, Hong Fan

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EM-Based Monitoring and Probabilistic Analysis of Prestress Loss of Bonded Tendons in PSC Beams by Zheheng Chen, Shanwen Zhang

“…The prestress level is a key factor of prestressed concrete (PSC) beams, affecting their long-term serviceability and safety. …”
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Closure Scheme Analysis of 3 × 70 m Bearingless Integral Rigid Frame Bridge of Fuzhou Xiamen High-Speed Railway by Fangwen Weng, Xiangui Li

“…The deep-water approach bridge on both sides of the main bridge of Fuzhou Xiamen high-speed railway adopts the bearingless prestressed concrete integral rigid frame bridge for the first time in the domestic railway bridge design. …”
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An Impact-Echo Experimental Approach for Detecting Concrete Structural Faults by Ya-xun Yang, Wen-hao Chai, De-chuang Liu, Wei-de Zhang, Jia-cheng Lu, Zhi-kui Yang

“…For the current problem of detection of grouting defects in posttensioned prestressed concrete members, the paper takes a single-layer arrangement of prestressed pipes as the object of study. …”
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Use of Time- and Frequency-Domain Approaches for Damage Detection in Civil Engineering Structures by V. H. Nguyen, J. Mahowald, S. Maas, J.-C. Golinval

“…The second example consists in reinforced and prestressed concrete panels. Successive damages were introduced in the panels by loading heavy weights and by cutting steel wires. …”
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Long-Term Vibration Monitoring of the Effects of Temperature and Humidity on PC Girders with and without Fly Ash considering ASR Deterioration by Tuan Minh Ha, Saiji Fukada, Kazuyuki Torii

“…This study investigates the variation in the vibration responses of prestressed concrete (PC) girders, which were deteriorated because of the alkali–silica reaction (ASR), concerning ambient temperature and humidity. …”
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Improvement of mechanical properties of railway track concrete sleepers using ultra high performance concrete (UHPC) by Sayed Ahmed, Hossam Atef, Mohamed Husain

“…This research aimed to determine through experiment if these sleepers' behavior fulfilled the European requirements standers for prestressed concrete sleepers and make comparisons between the UHPC sleepers and conventional concrete sleepers. …”
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Broken Wire Detection System for PCCPs Based on Raspberry Pi and Deep Learning by SUN Xuechao, ZHANG Youyuan, ZHU Jinxiang, WANG Ping, YIN Da

“…Broken wire electromagnetic detection technology for prestressed concrete cylinder pipes (PCCPs) is an important technical means to maintain the safety of PCCP engineering. …”
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Flexural and Shear Behavior of FRP Strengthened AASHTO Type Concrete Bridge Girders by Nur Yazdani, Farzia Haque, Istiaque Hasan

“…In this paper, a common AASHTO type prestressed concrete bridge girder with FRP wrapping was analyzed using the ANSYS FEM software and the ACI analytical approach. …”
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Study on the Stress Relaxation Behavior of Large Diameter B-GFRP Bars Using FBG Sensing Technology by Li Guo-wei, Pei Hua-Fu, Hong Cheng-yu

“…More recently, fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) rods have been introduced in the market as tendons for prestressed concrete structures because of their lower modulus behavior. …”
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Experimental Study of the Creep Effect on the Mechanical Properties of Concrete by Zainab Kammouna, Matthieu Briffaut, Yann Malecot

“…In the specific context of prestressed concrete and more generally for all other concrete structures, the effect of creep on the residual mechanical properties of concrete must be closely studied in order to accurately estimate the residual load capacity of a structure. …”
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Performance of Pier-to-Pier Cap Connections of Integral Bridges under Thermal and Seismic Loads by Siva Avudaiappan, Kinson Prabu, Deban Selvaraj, Kiran Raja, Paul Oluwaseun Awoyera, Erick I Saavedra Flores

“…In general, most highway bridges are constructed using prestressed concrete or steel girders. Mechanical joints are provided at the end of each span, to allow for the expansion of the bridge deck due to shrinkage of concrete, thermal effects, and deflections, among others. …”
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Using Externally Bonded CFRP to Repair a PCCP with Broken Wires under Combined Loads by Kejie Zhai, Hongyuan Fang, Bing Fu, Fuming Wang, Benyue Hu

“…Prestressed concrete cylinder pipe (PCCP) is widely used for long-distance water pipelines throughout the world. …”
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A Stress Measurement Method for Steel Strands Based on LC Oscillation by Dongjun Chen, Benniu Zhang, Xingxing Li, Chong Tu, Can Yuan, Wenzhao Li, Zhixiang Zhou, Zongbao Liang

“…The prestress loss is one of the main factors affecting the safety of prestressed concrete structure. While the detecting signals like sound and light are difficult to spread in steel strands, there is no effective method for prestress detection of the bonded prestressed steel strands in existing structures yet. …”
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Shear Strength of Internal Reinforced Concrete Beam-Column Joints: Intelligent Modeling Approach and Sensitivity Analysis by De-Cheng Feng, Bo Fu

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Risk-based bridge life cycle cost and environmental impact assessment considering climate change effects by Sang Hyeon Lee, Lee-Sak An, Ho-Kyung Kim

“…First, risk assessments are conducted to evaluate the impact of climate change on steel plate girder bridges and prestressed concrete (PSC) girder bridges under identical structural conditions. …”
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PC Cable-Stayed Bridge Main Girder Shear Lag Effects: Assessment of Single Cable Plane in Construction Stage by Yan-feng Li, Xing-long Sun, Long-sheng Bao

“…The shear lag distribution law in the box girder of the single-cable-plane prestressed concrete cable-stayed bridge along the longitudinal direction was determined in order to observe the stress distribution of the girder. …”
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Structural Health Monitoring of Precast Concrete Box Girders Using Selected Vibration-Based Damage Detection Methods by Zhengjie Zhou, Leon D. Wegner, Bruce F. Sparling

“…Precast, prestressed concrete box girders are commonly used as superstructure components for short and medium span bridges. …”
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