Abstract:To address the issue of sudden fracture of prestressed fine-rolled threaded steel bars in the anchorage zone of cable-stayed bridge pylons, a full-scale “II”-shaped tensioning test rig is constructed to conduct a one-year long-term monitoring test on 28 prestressed fine-rolled threaded steel bars with a diameter of 32 mm under multi-factor coupling conditions in order to address the shortcomings of existing research, which is largely based on laboratory standard specimens and lacks long-term data on large-scale engineering conditions. Results show that the instantaneous prestress loss after tensioning and anchoring of the threaded steel bars is approximately 4.4%, increasing rapidly in the first three months, and then stabilizing at a cumulative loss of 30% over the long term. One PSB1200 grade steel bar fractured after being anchored for four months. Failure analysis reveals that the fracture mode of steel bar is a brittle overload one, with cracks originating at the thread root and exhibiting an intergranular fracture morphology. The analysis result reveals the delayed fracture mechanism under the coupled effects of high tensile stress, thread root stress concentration, and material brittleness, providing experimental support and reference for the prevention and treatment of prestressed fine-rolled threaded steel bar fracture in existing bridges.