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Mechanisms Contributing To Hydrogen-Influenced Early Failure Of Bridge Tendons, David Dukeman
Mechanisms Contributing To Hydrogen-Influenced Early Failure Of Bridge Tendons, David Dukeman
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Failures in post-tensioned tendons have occurred without warning due to fractures in the high-strength steel strands. These strands are cold-drawn to increase their strength while still retaining the preferential ductile mode of fracture. Recently, a tendon failure that occurred in an upper deviation block of the I-526 James B. Edwards bridge crossing the Wando river showed signs of corrosion and potentially another method of failure, hydrogen embrittlement. One proposed source of hydrogen is through galvanic coupling that may exist between the galvanized steel duct and the steel strands. This coupling, if substantial, can promote hydrogen evolution at the steel strand's …
Mechanisms Contributing To Hydrogen-Influenced Early Failure Of Bridge Tendons, David Dukeman
Mechanisms Contributing To Hydrogen-Influenced Early Failure Of Bridge Tendons, David Dukeman
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Failures in post-tensioned tendons have occurred without warning due to fractures in the high-strength steel strands. These strands are cold-drawn to increase their strength while still retaining the preferential ductile mode of fracture. Recently, a tendon failure that occurred in an upper deviation block of the I-526 James B. Edwards bridge crossing the Wando river showed signs of corrosion and potentially another method of failure, hydrogen embrittlement. One proposed source of hydrogen is through galvanic coupling that may exist between the galvanized steel duct and the steel strands. This coupling, if substantial, can promote hydrogen evolution at the steel strand's …