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28 Feb 2003: To test the manufacturing and deployment procedures,four demonstrator masts were built at various stages inthe development process.

10 Nov 2003: Expansive cement anchorage system was used to grip the tendons. Using this anchorage system, a tensile test was carried out to determine the efficiency of the system and thus set a

10 Nov 2003: behaviour. Quasi-static and dynamic tests show significant non-linear coupling between piezoelectricity and the applied stress.

10 Nov 2003: The theoretical predictions are validated against the results of laboratory tests on reinforced concrete slab models, with limited lateral restraint stiffnesses, subjected to uniform or simulated uniform transverse loading.

10 Nov 2003: Tension, bending and torsion tests were performed to obtain the stress-strain and moment-curvature relationships which show almost linear behaviour of the material for large strains except for a small

10 Nov 2003: routine against test results.

10 Nov 2003: Using the Kevlar 49-on-aluminium abrasion tests performed here, a general formula has been devised for lifetime, in terms of contact pressure, amplitude of slip and thickness to be abraded.

10 Nov 2003: Predictions of the tensile strengths of parallel-lay ropes were obtained by putting this yarn data into the model and the results compared with rope tests.

10 Nov 2003: number of expensive physical model tests that are currently required.

10 Feb 2003: For these tests, the strip was modelled in ABAQUS. The dimples were induced by applying compressive prestress in the strip at the location of the dimples.