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Overview on FRB pre-stressed Tendons and its Fatigue Behavior Authorized by Ahmed I Hassanin Due to population growth and development of industry and transportation, the environment of human is started to become considerably polluted. Aggressive atmosphere and ground water increase the risk of corrosion of embedded reinforcement in concrete. The addition of waterproofing materials on concrete surface to minimize the amount of water and air that reaches the steel reinforcements through cracks. But waterproof materials are often expensive and need maintenance several times over the structure’s lifetime. The situation is more dangerous for pre-stressing tendons in pre-stressed bridges, deterioration of highway concrete bridges due to tendon corrosion has been large problem in many countries. Structural engineers dealing with durability of concrete greatly concern about possibilities to improve service life of embedded reinforcements. To read more about this article: ...