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6 Citations
2,575 Views
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11 July 2022

To research the internal load transfer behavior and failure mechanism of a bird’s nest anchor cable anchoring structure based on a pull-out test, a bond-slip failure model is established on the basis of statistical damage theory, and the distri...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Support Technologies in Roadway)
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  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,831 Views
18 Pages

30 December 2022

Based on a previously designed variable-stiffness load transfer component (LTC), a novel dispersed-tendon cable anchor system (CAS) was developed to increase the anchoring efficiency of large-diameter basalt-fiber-reinforced polymer (BFRP) cables. Th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites for Construction)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
669 Views
12 Pages

Anchoring Mechanisms of Basalt Fiber Prestressed Tension-Concentrated and Pressure-Dispersed Anchor Cables

  • Chaosheng Wang,
  • Tianxiang Chen,
  • Zhigang Du,
  • Wuxiu Ding,
  • Yuhao Wang,
  • Guiyang Ren and
  • Jianggen He

12 March 2026

Two types of basalt fiber-reinforced polymer (BFRP) anchor cables—a Tension-concentrated anchor cable (TCAC) and a Pressure-dispersed anchor cable (PDAC)—were developed through structural modification of the rod body and implemented for r...

(This article belongs to the Section Manufacturing Processes and Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,452 Views
18 Pages

A New Prestress Loss Calculation Model of Anchor Cable in Pile–Anchor Structure

  • Xing Gao,
  • Jinqing Jia,
  • Guoxiong Mei,
  • Xiaohua Bao,
  • Lihua Zhang and
  • Xiaoping Liao

11 April 2022

Pile–anchor structures are widely used in foundation excavation and slope reinforcement due to their safety and reliability. However, the pile–anchor structures have the common problem of the prestress loss of anchor cables, which may red...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,405 Views
17 Pages

29 March 2023

Gravel and sediment frequently build up in holes during the anchor cable installation process, which makes it harder to install the anchor cable and causes reinforcement to fail, which can lead to accidents. In this paper, a bit anchor setup approach...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advancing Sustainability in Geotechnical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,897 Views
16 Pages

This study investigates the vertical-type submerged floating tunnel with anchor cables. Based on the characteristics of the anchor cables, the anchor cables are simplified as a nonlinear beam model with hinged ends. Disregarding the axial displacemen...

(This article belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,783 Views
15 Pages

A Modified Bearing Capacity Model for Inclined Shallow Anchor Cable with Experimental Verification

  • Zhenhua Zhang,
  • Guojuan Xu,
  • Liangjun Dai,
  • Tao Cheng,
  • Banglu Xi,
  • Mingliang Chen and
  • Jiaqiang Yang

9 December 2024

Most theoretical models of shallow anchor cables do not take the effect of anchor inclination into consideration, which is an important factor influencing load distribution, stress concentration, and failure mechanisms. In this paper, a modified bear...

(This article belongs to the Section Earth Sciences)
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  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,041 Views
16 Pages

Experimental Study on the Shear Mechanical Properties of Anchor Cable with C-Shaped Tube

  • Renliang Shan,
  • Weijun Liu,
  • Gengzhao Li,
  • Chen Liang,
  • Shuguo Shi,
  • Ye Chen and
  • Shupeng Zhang

4 August 2022

Faced with serious tensile–shear fracturing of anchor bolts and cables in deep roadways, it is of great significance to investigate Anchor Cable with C-shaped tube (ACC), a combined structure of a C-shaped tube and an anchor cable with high str...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Security Management and Analysis of Engineering and Information by Data-Driven)
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  • Open Access
6 Citations
1,466 Views
18 Pages

10 March 2025

This study investigates the traditional coal pillar support methods employed in double-roadway excavation of high-mining-height longwall faces, specifically those with widths ranging from 20 m to 30 m. It highlights that these methods not only result...

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  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,611 Views
11 Pages

31 March 2023

Based on high-stress characteristics of prestressed anchor cables, this paper develops an axial-distributed testing method to test corrosion damage of prestressed anchor cables. The positioning accuracy and corrosion range of an axial-distributed opt...

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  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,825 Views
12 Pages

12 May 2021

Considering the interaction among anchor cable, frame beam and rock mass, a new model of prestress loss of anchor cable was established. The accuracy and applicability of the new model were verified by comparing the field monitoring data and the calc...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,358 Views
21 Pages

Global Responses of Exposed and Suspended Submarine Cables Due to Anchor Dragging

  • Xiaowei Huang,
  • Daoyu Jiang,
  • Zhenjin Cen,
  • Haolin Li,
  • Zhenkui Wang and
  • Zhen Guo

12 September 2024

Anchor damage is one of the main risk factors for the safe operation of submarine cables. Additionally, due to a scour effect induced by seabed currents, submarine cables are prone to exposure or even suspension, increasing the risk of being dragged...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Design and Analysis of Mooring System for Floating Offshore Structures)
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  • Open Access
438 Views
19 Pages

1 June 2026

As an active reinforcement technology, prestressed anchor cables are susceptible to environmental corrosion during long-term service. Corrosion occurs and progresses more rapidly, especially in an alternating wet–dry environment, which can degr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applications Based on Symmetry and Asymmetry in Structural and Geotechnical Engineering)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,024 Views
20 Pages

Study on Asymmetric Support of Anchor Cable with C-Shaped Tube in Inclined Coal Seam Roadway

  • Renliang Shan,
  • Tianwen Li,
  • Weijun Liu,
  • Ye Chen,
  • Shuguo Shi and
  • Gengzhao Li

11 July 2023

In view of the complex asymmetric deformation characteristics of inclined coal seam roadways and the tensed shear failure of anchor cable supports, the asymmetric support scheme of an anchor cable with a C-shaped tube is proposed. In order to study i...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,359 Views
22 Pages

Upper-Bound Limit Analysis of Ultimate Pullout Capacity of Expanded Anchor Cable

  • Xingyuan Cheng,
  • Bo Wang,
  • Longxiang Ma,
  • Chenxi Xue and
  • Yunxiang Yu

12 February 2023

Expanded anchor cables have been widely used in the rapid development of underground engineering. However, there are still some deficiencies in the computation of the ultimate bearing capacity of expanded anchor cables. Based on the upper-bound theor...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Future Trends in Tunnel and Underground Engineering)
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  • Open Access
419 Views
19 Pages

Elastic Stress Distribution Characteristics in the Anchorage Section Considering Anchor Cable Morphology

  • Xiaoyu Ji,
  • Quanwei Liu,
  • Linsheng Liu,
  • Qingfei Xin,
  • Zeyu Xin,
  • Xipeng Qin and
  • Zhongnian Yang

22 April 2026

The prestressed anchor cable is widely used in foundation pit engineering, but its universal bending shape in the anchorage section will significantly affect the load transfer and stress distribution. Based on Cox’s shear-lag model, this paper...

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  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,247 Views
23 Pages

Strengthening Device for Improving Shear Performance of Anchor Cable in Rock Support

  • Chao Feng,
  • Shaowei Liu,
  • Housheng Jia,
  • Mengxiong Fu and
  • Deyin He

29 December 2023

Many designs of anchor cables are currently in use for rock support in civil and mining operations. Because of the exposed surface and weak shear performance of the cable bolt’s free section (CBFS) in end-anchored structures, breaking failure f...

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  • Open Access
1,307 Views
21 Pages

Study on the Mechanical Properties and Fracture Mechanisms of Anchor Cable Specimen Materials

  • Chenfei Wang,
  • Guangming Fan,
  • Kai Zhang,
  • Yajun Zhang,
  • Junyin Lian,
  • Wenkai Huang,
  • Shuqin Shi and
  • Mincheng Zhang

19 September 2025

This study investigated the tensile behaviors of 12.70 mm and 15.20 mm diameter anchor cable specimens with ultimate tensile strengths of 1860 MPa and their material specimens through experiments and finite element (FE) simulations. Material specimen...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: Mechanical Analysis of Composite Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,144 Views
12 Pages

1 February 2024

With the continuous development of the social economy, the depth of foundation pit excavation of proposed construction projects in various places gradually increases, which is closer to the building red line, and the surrounding environment is relati...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Research on Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering and Mining Sciences in Construction)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,265 Views
19 Pages

18 February 2025

The anchor cables of slopes are affected by long-term environmental corrosion, geotechnical creep, and adverse weather, resulting in gradual loss of tensile force, which can lead to structural failure and subsequent safety accidents. The authors of t...

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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,456 Views
19 Pages

Model Test of Mechanical Response of Negative Poisson’s Ratio Anchor Cable in Rainfall-Induced Landslides

  • Guangcheng Shi,
  • Zhigang Tao,
  • Feifei Zhao,
  • Jie Dong,
  • Xiaojie Yang,
  • Zhouchao Xu and
  • Xiaochuan Hu

Rainfall-induced landslide mitigation remains a critical research focus in geotechnical engineering, particularly for safeguarding buildings and infrastructure in unstable terrain. This study investigates the stabilizing performance of slopes reinfor...

(This article belongs to the Topic Development of Underground Space for Engineering Application)
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  • Open Access
12 Citations
2,892 Views
19 Pages

4 July 2023

In order to deeply study the mechanism of prestressed anchor anti-slide pile, an indoor model experimental device was developed, and a finite difference and particle flow numerical analysis model of slope anchor cable anti-slide pile was established...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Analysis and Modeling for Sustainable Geotechnical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,918 Views
22 Pages

14 June 2023

The focus of this paper is the thick soft rock mass roof of the track roadway in the No. 3606 panel of the Chaili Coal Mine. Due to its substantial thickness, the soft rock mass roof of the roadway is susceptible to damage and deformation during the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mine Earthquake and Rock Burst Monitoring, Early Warning and Prevention)
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  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,594 Views
18 Pages

A Study of Anchor Cable and C-Shaped Tube Support for the Roadway of Shuangliu Coal Mine

  • Li Li,
  • Xiang-Song Kong,
  • Wei Yang,
  • Jun-Wei Huang and
  • Zhi-En Wang

13 September 2023

Active support using highly prestressed cable bolts and anchor cables has become a mainstream support technology for coal mine roadways. However, the ability of bolts and anchor cables to withstand transverse shear decreases with the prestress level,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry in Civil Transportation Engineering)
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  • Open Access
372 Views
25 Pages

31 July 2026

To address the severe threats posed by stay cable fractures, this study investigates a fatigue fracture of a fork-eye anchor head induced by excessive cable vibrations on a landscape cable-stayed bridge. A comprehensive methodology integrating field...

(This article belongs to the Section Building Structures)
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  • Open Access
301 Views
20 Pages

4 August 2026

This study proposes an approach based on an acousto-ultrasonic method and feature-based analysis to assess the condition of cables within their anchor bases. Experimental tests were performed on several model anchor configurations, including a health...

(This article belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
443 Views
14 Pages

Cable-driven hip exosuits are designed to deliver assistive torques during locomotion. However, most studies focus on assistance in a single plane, even though hip mechanics are inherently multiplanar. This study investigates whether modulation of pr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Theory and Applications of Bioinspired Robotics and Embodied Intelligence)
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  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,023 Views
13 Pages

Anchor Fault Identification Method for High-Voltage DC Submarine Cable Based on VMD-Volterra-SVM

  • Wenwei Zhu,
  • Chenyang Fan,
  • Chenghao Xu,
  • Hantuo Dong,
  • Jingen Guo,
  • Aiwu Liang and
  • Long Zhao

27 March 2023

This article introduces a new method for identifying anchor damage faults in fiber composite submarine cables. The method combines the Volterra model of Variation Mode Decomposition (VMD) with singular value entropy to improve the accuracy of fault i...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Progress, Challenges and Outlooks of Insulation System in HVDC)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,474 Views
18 Pages

3 November 2023

In regions with high-stress roadway stress, anchor cables frequently experience damage, leading to risky pull-outs and ejections. This study aimed to determine the dynamics of such incidents, refine protective devices, and validate their efficacy in...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mechanics, Damage Properties and Impacts of Coal Mining)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,197 Views
17 Pages

The submerged floating tunnel is a marine transportation infrastructure that links two shorelines. The tunnel tube body’s buoyancy exceeds gravity, with anchoring ensuring equilibrium. Anchoring reliability is crucial. This study presents a thr...

(This article belongs to the Section Coastal Engineering)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
8,558 Views
21 Pages

17 August 2016

This study investigated structural behavior of long-span partially earth-anchored cable-stayed bridges with a main span length of 810 m that use a new key segment closing method based on a thermal prestressing technique. A detailed construction seque...

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  • Open Access
628 Views
22 Pages

To address force uniformity and corrosion issues in slope reinforcement, this paper presents a field implementation of pressure-uniformly-dispersed Carbon-Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) anchor cables integrated with Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) sensing...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Technologies for Structural Health Monitoring in Engineering Structure)
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  • Open Access
1,804 Views
18 Pages

11 December 2024

This study presents a unified analytical model for multi-tower self-anchored suspension bridges integrating tower–girder connections (TGCs) and cable–girder connections (CGCs) within the framework of deflection theory. The connections are...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Structural Health Monitoring and Intelligent Operation Maintenance of Concrete and Steel Structures)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,140 Views
11 Pages

This study investigated the status of anchors for small fishing vessels that correspond with the risk factors of submarine cables, which are essential elements for offshore wind farms. As for target vessels, small coastal fishing vessels of less than...

(This article belongs to the Topic Application of Concrete Materials in Coastal Port Engineering)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
551 Views
20 Pages

31 January 2026

To address the insufficient bearing capacity and severe deformation of narrow coal pillars in deep gob-side entries under the influence of residual dynamic loading and hydraulic punching of the coal mass, this study investigates the plastic-damage ev...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Coal Mining Technologies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,066 Views
17 Pages

To provide reference for the design and construction of anchoring measures in slope reinforcement and treatment projects, this article presents the on-site monitoring and analysis of the stress changes in anchor rods and anchor cables in a high-level...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Foundation Treatment and Building Structural Performance Enhancement)
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  • Open Access
14 Citations
8,017 Views
19 Pages

Study on Buried Depth Protection Index of Submarine Cable Based on Physical and Numerical Modeling

  • Xinlong Zheng,
  • Yongqiang Ge,
  • Zhifei Lu,
  • Chen Cao,
  • Peng Zhou,
  • Shiqiang Li and
  • Jiawang Chen

The buried depth of submarine cables is very important to avoid damage on the cable from dropping and dragging anchors. This study focused on the actual engineering needs of submarine power cable protection and laying construction. In order to invest...

(This article belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,022 Views
24 Pages

Inversion of Physical and Mechanical Parameters of Surrounding Rock Mass in Foundation Pits Using a PSO-BP Neural Network

  • Gang Li,
  • Wei Xiao,
  • Yanlin Liang,
  • Qiyin Gu,
  • Junxin Jiang,
  • Wei Meng and
  • Yuanfu Zhou

28 September 2025

In foundation pit engineering, precise determination of the physical–mechanical parameters of the surrounding rock is essential for reliable simulation of rock deformation and anchor cable forces. A foundation pit engineering project in Shaping...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Structural Safety and Stability of Buildings: Novel Methods, Materials, and Measurements—2nd Edition)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,009 Views
11 Pages

1 February 2024

Frame beams with anchor cables constitute a crucial method for slope reinforcement projects. With the development of fabricated structures, there has been an increasing focus on precast prestressed frame beams with anchor cables. This paper presents...

(This article belongs to the Section Building Structures)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,307 Views
17 Pages

CFRP has the potential to replace steel cables in large-span cable-stayed bridges due to its high strength and lightweight material properties. However, the weak lateral force performance of CFRP material creates the challenge of anchoring. This stud...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Trends in Seismic Performance Evaluation)
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  • Open Access
20 Citations
2,487 Views
24 Pages

Improvement of Reinforcement Performance and Engineering Application of Small Coal Pillars Arranged in Double Roadways

  • Wanpeng Huang,
  • Shilei Liu,
  • Mingtao Gao,
  • Tao Hou,
  • Xuewen Wang,
  • Tongyang Zhao,
  • Le Sui and
  • Zhonghui Xie

24 December 2022

The supporting technology of retaining small coal pillars in a double roadway layout can effectively relieve the tension of mining and excavation replacement and improve the coal recovery rate. The critical difficulty is that the supporting structure...

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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,198 Views
33 Pages

12 September 2024

Aiming at solving the problem of support failure caused by a large deformation of roadway surrounding rock in a deep soft coal seam, and taking the surrounding rock control of the roadway in the 11-2 coal seam in Zhujidong Coal Mine as the research b...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Numerical Computation and Mathematical Modelling for Geotechnical Engineering)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,309 Views
28 Pages

22 April 2025

To meet the demand of not interrupting traffic during the replacement of suspenders in long-span railway suspension bridges, this research proposes for the first time the application of the unsupported replacement method to the suspender replacement...

(This article belongs to the Topic New Developments in Intelligent Construction and Operation of Infrastructures)
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  • Open Access
26 Citations
4,570 Views
16 Pages

1 January 2018

Based on the engineering geological conditions of the Number 2 chamber in the slope at Xinzhuang coal mine, which is located in the eastern part of Yongcheng City, Henan Province, China, the authors conducted a systematic research on the anchoring-gr...

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  • Open Access
10 Citations
6,020 Views
16 Pages

Force Analysis of Self-Anchored Suspension Bridges after Cable Clamp Slippage

  • Hongfeng Li,
  • Yancheng Liu,
  • Chunwei Li,
  • Hao Hu and
  • Quansheng Sun

18 August 2021

The slippage of cable clamps during the long-term operation of suspension bridges is a common and detrimental phenomenon. From an experimental point of view, the cable clamp slippage of a suspension bridge was investigated to reveal the effect of thi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry in Structural Health Monitoring)
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  • Open Access
560 Views
16 Pages

Experimental Investigations on Cold-Cast Anchor Stay Cables Under Vehicle Impact

  • Nan Yang,
  • Yaoyu Zhu,
  • Lei Dai,
  • Xiaochen Wei,
  • Yan Mao,
  • Tianyu Du and
  • Hai Fang

30 March 2026

Direct vehicle impacts on stay cables are less understood than vehicle–pier collisions, especially for anchorage damage and post-impact load transfer. This study investigates the dynamic responses of stay cables under vehicular impact through a...

(This article belongs to the Section Building Structures)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,235 Views
24 Pages

2 June 2025

The landslides caused by slope instability are very harmful and have a destructive effect on existing engineering structures such as tunnels, bridges, and houses. At present, the dynamic design of the anchorage structure is mainly based on traditiona...

(This article belongs to the Section Civil Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,725 Views
21 Pages

4 December 2022

The enlarged head pressure-dispersed anchor cable is a new type of anchor cable, and the enlarged head of the anchor solid is a multisegment body with variable cross section. Compared with the traditional tension type anchor cable structure, the stre...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Research in Soil and Rock Behavior for Geotechnical and Geohazard Engineering)
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  • Open Access
53 Citations
4,262 Views
18 Pages

27 May 2023

In this study, the variation of fatigue stiffness, fatigue life, and residual strength, as well as the macroscopic damage initiation, expansion, and fracture of CFRP (carbon fiber reinforced polymer) rods in bending-anchored CFRP cable, were investig...

(This article belongs to the Section Polymer Analysis and Characterization)
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  • Open Access
569 Views
17 Pages

31 January 2026

Flexible-formwork concrete (FFC) is widely adopted in gob-side entry retaining (GER). However, the roadside FFC wall cannot provide sufficient load-bearing capacity immediately after casting. This time-dependent strength gain induces a distinct struc...

(This article belongs to the Section F: Engineering and Materials)

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