Mechanical Steel Stitches: An innovative approach for strengthening shear deficiency in undamaged reinforced concrete beams

C Aksoylu, YO Özkılıç, MH Arslan - Buildings, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this study, reinforced concrete beams with insufficient shear capacity were strengthened
on both sides of the beam along the shear openings by a novel approach: Mechanical Steel …

Seismic performance of full-scale UHPC-jacket-strengthened RC columns under high axial loads

Y Shao, CW Kuo, CC Hung - Engineering Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
Ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) is a class of concrete materials that have high
strength and ductility capacities. This study developed two UHPC jacketing methods to …

Seismic retrofit of intact and damaged RC columns using prefabricated steel cage-reinforced UHPC jackets and NSM GFRP bars

C Hou, G Ma, HJ Hwang, S Li, SM Kang - Engineering Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
The use of high-performance materials, such as ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC)
and fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP), in the seismic retrofitting and strengthening of reinforced …

A fragility-oriented approach for seismic retrofit design

K Aljawhari, R Gentile, C Galasso - Earthquake Spectra, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
This study proposes a practical fragility-oriented approach for the seismic retrofit design of
case-study structures. This approach relies on map** the increase of the global …

[BOOK][B] Assessing the collapse risk of California's existing reinforced concrete frame structures: Metrics for seismic safety decisions

AB Liel - 2008 - search.proquest.com
The emerging field of performance-based earthquake engineering enables the evaluation of
seismic performance of building structures. In this study, performance-based earthquake …

Cost-benefit evaluation of seismic risk mitigation alternatives for older concrete frame buildings

AB Liel, GG Deierlein - Earthquake Spectra, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Cost-benefit assessment is used to evaluate the effectiveness of various seismic retrofit
strategies to address concerns about earthquake safety and damage to older concrete frame …

Behaviour of rehabilitated RC beams with self-compacting concrete jacketing–Analytical model and test results

CE Chalioris, GE Thermou… - Construction and Building …, 2014 - Elsevier
The use of thin reinforced self-compacting concrete jackets as a method to repair and
strengthen under-designed flexural concrete members is investigated by means of …

Repair of heavily damaged RC beams failing in shear using U-shaped mortar jackets

CE Chalioris, VK Kytinou, ME Voutetaki… - Buildings, 2019 - mdpi.com
The effectiveness of slightly reinforced thin U-shaped cementitious mortar jacketing for the
repair of damaged shear-critical reinforced concrete beams is experimentally investigated …

Retrofitting performance of precast UHPC jackets and NSM GFRP bars in pre-damaged RC columns with deficient lap splices

C Hou, G Ma, HJ Hwang, O Yang, SM Kang - Engineering Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) jackets and the near surface-mounted (NSM) technique
have been widely used to improve the seismic performance of intact reinforced concrete …

Experimental analysis of shear deficient reinforced concrete beams strengthened by glass fiber strip composites and mechanical stitches

C Aksoylu - Steel and Composite Structures, An International …, 2021 - dbpia.co.kr
This study was conducted to present a new technique to increase the capacity of reinforced
concrete beams with insufficient shear reinforcement. Four beam specimens at ½ scale were …