Brückner et al. (2006) demonstrated how thin layers of concrete with fabric reinforcement can be used for strengthening of RC members improving serviceability and shear capacity with reduction of deflection and crack width.
Fibres mainly contributed by providing the post-cracking flexural ductility and through improving serviceability properties of concrete such as the reduced plastic shrinkage cracking, drying shrinkage and water permeability.
In spite of the most common use of the prestressed concrete sleepers in railway tracks, there have always been considerable demands from rail and track engineers to improve serviceability and functionality of concrete sleepers.
It was found that using prestressed CFRP plates improved the serviceability; in terms of deflection and cracking, but did not enhance the ultimate behaviour as much as the non-prestressed CFRP plates.
In order to improve the serviceability and service life of high-speed railway ballastless track, the epoxy asphalt-based concrete railway substructure (EAC-S) is proposed.
Adopting modular design in these systems improves expandability, serviceability, reliability and efficiency.
In this study, to improve the serviceability and mechanical properties of plasma sprayed coatings, multi-layered graphene oxide (GO) have been introduced as a reinforcement.
The flexural behaviour of bamboo based ferrocement slab panels reinforced with chicken wire mesh layers has been studied to improve the serviceability limit.
Hot mix asphalt (HMA) overlay is used for strengthening the existing pavement structure, correcting the surface defects, and improving pavement serviceability.
The test results show that using cement-based adhesive (IHSSC-CA) could represent an excellent alternative to epoxy adhesive, as it improves the serviceability of NSM CFRP-strengthened and repaired RC members.
