During concrete works, one detail that often goes unnoticed by non-engineers is the rebar chair. These small supports hold reinforcement bars at the correct height before and during concrete pouring.

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Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) is widely used in infrastructure inspection, particularly for the non-destructive testing of concrete structures. However, the current GPR systems heavily rely on visual ...

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The Dowel Optimizer from American Highway draws on the research of Robert Rodden and Jorge Olavarria and their Enhanced Integrated Dowel Model (EIDM) to provide project-specific design optimizations.

Because standards are intentionally conservative for most projects, but new design methods are changing, project-specific design optimization is required to provide safe, cost-effective, and ...

Abstract: In the ground-penetrating radar (GPR) detection of concrete structures, the reflection of rebar layers often obscures the useful signals below. In this letter, an effective and practical ...