Publications by Hossein Heydarinouri

FE analysis and experimental validation of mechanical wedge-barrel anchors for CFRP rods

Alain Nussbaumer, Elyas Ghafoori, Hossein Heydarinouri

This paper presents a comparative study of the geometrical optimization of mechanical wedge-barrel anchors for prestressed carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) rods. Various anchor configurations were simulated using three-dimensional finite-element (FE) ...

ELSEVIER SCI LTD2021

Strengthening of Steel Connections in a 92-Year-Old Railway Bridge Using Prestressed CFRP Rods: Multiaxial Fatigue Design Criterion

Alain Nussbaumer, Elyas Ghafoori, Masoud Motavalli, Hossein Heydarinouri

This paper presented a new retrofit system for strengthening the stringer-to-floor-beam double-angle connections in a 92-year-old riveted railway bridge in Switzerland, using prestressed carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) rods. The strengthening system ...

ASCE-AMER SOC CIVIL ENGINEERS2021

Development of a Mechanical Wedge-Barrel Anchor for CFRP Rods: Static and Fatigue Behaviors

Alain Nussbaumer, Elyas Ghafoori, Masoud Motavalli, Hossein Heydarinouri

In this study, a mechanical anchorage for prestressed carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) rods was proposed. The proposed anchorage consisted of a steel barrel with a conical hole and three separate aluminum wedges that are in direct contact with the CF ...

ASCE-AMER SOC CIVIL ENGINEERS2021

Multiaxial fatigue criteria for prestressed strengthening of steel connections

Alain Nussbaumer, Elyas Ghafoori, Masoud Motavalli, Hossein Heydarinouri

In this study, the high-cycle fatigue behavior of bridge connections subjected to distortion-induced loadings (generating multiaxial stresses) and strengthened with prestressed elements were experimentally investigated. Thereafter, appropriate critical pla ...

ELSEVIER SCI LTD2021

Development of Mechanical Strengthening System for Bridge Connections Using Prestressed CFRP Rods

Alain Nussbaumer, Elyas Ghafoori, Masoud Motavalli, Hossein Heydarinouri

Stringer-to-floor beam web-to-web double-angle connections are among the most fatigue-prone elements in old riveted bridges. These connections are often designed to carry only shear loads. However, in these elements, fatigue damage occurs because of the ou ...

ASCE-AMER SOC CIVIL ENGINEERS2021

Multiaxial fatigue behavior and strengthening of riveted double-angle connections in steel bridges using prestressed CFRP rods

Hossein Heydarinouri

A large number of aging road and railway riveted metallic bridges suffer from fatigue problems. Stringer-to-floor-beam double-angle bridge connections are among the most fatigue-prone details due to the many cyclic distortion-induced stresses from axle loa ...

EPFL2021

Proposed criterion for fatigue strengthening of riveted bridge girders

Alain Nussbaumer, Elyas Ghafoori, Hossein Heydarinouri

Elsevier2019