Stress configuration‐based classification of current research on fatigue of reinforced and prestressed concrete

A Baktheer, C Goralski, J Hegger… - Structural …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The limited understanding of the fatigue behavior of reinforced and prestressed concrete
members is one of the reasons why many structures do not reach their expected service life …

Fatigue‐induced stress redistribution in prestressed concrete beams modeled using the constitutive hypothesis of inter‐aggregate degradation

A Baktheer, S Esfandiari, M Aguilar… - Fatigue & Fracture of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Despite of intensive research on concrete fatigue, the transfer of fatigue characteristics
determined at the material level to the structural level remains a challenging issue. In this …

Multi-axial fatigue of high-strength concrete: Model-enabled interpretation of punch-through shear test response

M Aguilar, A Baktheer, R Chudoba - Engineering Fracture Mechanics, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper aims to fill the gap in multi-axial fatigue characterization of concrete by
presenting a comprehensive numerical analysis of data from the punch-through shear test …