In 1909, the book Reinforced Concrete in Europe by Albert Ladd Colby (1860–1924) was pub-lished with the aim of disseminating in the USA the advances in reinforced concrete made in each of the European countries at that time. Besides introducing the main systems, types of reinforcement bars and their applications, the work describes an intermediate phase of a para-digm shift in…
The book presents a non-destructive vibration analysis method for calculating theinternal tension force of the tie rods tested.This method was formalized in 2003, and after 2 years of investigation waspatented, our patent which expires in 2025.The aim of this book is therefore to present this method, based on numerousconcrete examples.The theory and principles of instrumentation are explained. …