The coupling effect of mechanical and environmental loads is the main cause of
deterioration in the performance of reinforced concrete (RC) structures. However, most …

Numerous existing structures exposed to an aggressive environment would also face to a
threat from potential strong earthquakes. The coupling effect of environmental aggression …

Long-term exposure to coastal and marine environments accelerates the aging of reinforced
concrete (RC) structures, impacting their structural safety and society impact. Traditional …

Bayesian networks are robust and powerful probabilistic knowledge representation and
inference models that are widely used in engineering structures for reliability assessment …

The life-cycle seismic resilience assessment of sea-crossing highway bridges plays a crucial
role in guiding decisions for their long-term operation, maintenance, and rehabilitation. Due …

Finite Element (FE) modeling often requires unavoidable simplifications or assumptions due
to a lack of experimental data, modeling complexity, or non-affordable computational cost …

Under environmental action, reinforced concrete (RC) structures might suffer from
reinforcement corrosion caused by the surrounding environment, dramatically reducing …

The sufficient bonding performance between glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) bars-
concrete is essential for the composite section's integrity. In addition, sulfate attack is one of …

Corrosion of steel caused by chloride corrosion is the main factor leading to the service life
of marine structures shorter than the design life. However, this failure mechanism is affected …

The durability challenges in concrete infrastructure are complex, with difficulties in
considering the multiscale material variation and multiphysics deterioration mechanism …