The paper presents the first part of a study on bond. It reports the research conducted on bond strength of short length specimens (Local Bond Strength) in normal strength and high strength concrete (HSC). For normal strength concrete, using...

This paper deals with the reliability of a k-out-of-n:G system in the stress-strength setup with three
different types (cold, warm or hot) of standby components. The switching time of the standby component
to the k-out-of-n:G stress-strength...