Analytical approach for improving damage equivalence factors

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Analytical approach for improving damage equivalence factors

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Fatigue Damage Factor Calibration for Long-Span Cable-Stayed Bridge Decks

Quantiﬁcation of traﬃc and temperature eﬀects on the fatigue safety of a reinforced-concrete bridge deck based on monitoring data

Strengthening of metallic members under mixed mode fatigue loading using prestressed CFRP plates

Two-dimensional crack growth in FRP laminates and sandwich panels

Fatigue safety verification of a steel railway bridge using short term monitoring data

Spectro-electrochemical toolbox for monitoring and controlling quinone-mediated redox-driven molecular gripping

Load history effects in fibre-reinforced polymer composite materials

Probabilistic reliability framework for assessment of concrete fatigue of existing RC bridge deck slabs using data from monitoring