Method of design and manufacturing concrete structures based on the verification of concrete fatigue strength by test

A method of designing and manufacturing concrete structural elements comprising:

• a) a design phase wherein design parameters of a project are defined, the design phase including:
• a1) specifying mechanical characteristics of a concrete, including at least a fatigue strength value as one of the design parameters of the project;
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• a2) defining dimensions of the concrete structural elements to be manufactured using the design parameters specified on step a1) including said fatigue strength value, said dimensions being defined to withstand expected stresses along the service life of said concrete structural elements;
• b) a manufacturing and control phase, including:
• b1) manufacturing said concrete structural elements using said concrete and following the dimensions of the concrete structural elements defined on step a2);
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• b2) performing quality controls which includes the extraction of concrete samples during a concrete production phase and the execution of fatigue strength tests over said concrete samples obtaining test results, in order to verify that the test results are in accordance with said fatigue strength value that is specified on step a1) of the project.