Abstract:Following the recent collapse of a cable‐stayed bridge in Genoa, Italy, an interest has arisen to understand if it would have been possible for unknown localised material deterioration and/or decrease in prestress levels to introduce noticeable changes in the dynamic behaviour of RC stays. As such, in this study we start by reviewing past research work, experimental and analytical, on the effects that prestress level may or may not have on the dynamic response of RC beam elements. We then review also available… Show more
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