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Ji Qian, Peiyun Zhang, Yongqiang Wu, Ruixin Jia and Jipeng Yang
The corrosion of reinforced concrete (RC) is one of the most serious durability problems in civil engineering structures, and the corrosion detection of internal reinforcements is an important basis for structural durability assessment. In this paper, th...
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Alexander Lange, Ronghua Xu, Max Kaeding, Steffen Marx and Joern Ostermann
Regular inspections of important civil infrastructures are mandatory to ensure structural safety and reliability. Until today, these inspections are primarily conducted manually, which has several deficiencies. In context of prestressed concrete structur...
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Max Käding and Steffen Marx
Acoustic emission monitoring (AEM) has emerged as an effective technique for detecting wire breaks resulting from, e.g., stress corrosion cracking, and its application on prestressed concrete bridges is increasing. The success of this monitoring measure ...
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Boutros El Hajj, Bruno Castanier, Franck Schoefs and Emilio Bastidas-Arteaga
The objective of this paper is to propose tools for the lifecycle management of infrastructure by showing the slow degradation processes for which inspection data are accessible, especially the data obtained from non-destructive testing (NDT) and structu...
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Fengming Du, Cong Li and Weiwei Wang
Oil and gas exploration is a sector which drives the global economy and currently contributes significantly to global economic development. The safety of subsea pipelines is deeply affected by factors such as pipeline buckling, corrosion and leakage. Onc...
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Zhaoyi Zhuang, Jin Zhao, Fengfeng Mi, Teng Zhang, Yuguo Hao and Shangyue Li
Heat pump technology can extract low-level heat energy from urban sewage to heat or cool buildings, which can alleviate the two major problems of energy shortage and environmental pollution to a certain extent. This paper introduces the principle of wast...
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Shahrokh Maalek, Reza Maalek and Bahareh Maalek
This paper examined the opportunities of composite double-layer grid superstructures in short-to-medium span bridge decks. It was empirically shown here that a double-layer grid deck system in composite action with a thin layer of two-way reinforced conc...
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Ezra Wari, Weihang Zhu and Gino Lim
This paper proposes a continuous state partially observable Markov decision process (POMDP) model for the corrosion maintenance of oil and gas pipelines. The maintenance operations include complex and extensive activities to detect the corrosion type, de...
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Mehrdad Hadizadeh-Bazaz, Ignacio J. Navarro and Víctor Yepes
Recently, the repair and maintenance of structures has been necessary to prevent these structures? sudden collapse and to prevent human and financial damage. A natural factor in marine environments that destroys structures and reduces their life is the p...
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Zehao Fang, Min Zhao, Ning Ding and Huihuan Qian
Bridge cables are commonly used in bridge construction, and assessing their condition is crucial for ensuring bridge safety. However, current inspection methods often rely on large and heavy detection mechanical structures, which can be inconvenient duri...
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