METHODS OF STRENGTHENING REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES AND INTRODUCTION TO THE METHOD OF FRP SHEET REINFORCEMENT

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KOA ASKARI
Department of Civil Engineering, Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.
V P SINGH
Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering & Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A and M University, 321 Scoates Hall, 2117 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77843-2117, U.S.A.
NICOLAS R DALEZIOS
Laboratory of Hydrology, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece & Department of Natural Resources Development and Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
THEODORE C CRUSBERG
Department of Biology and Biotechnology, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA 01609-2280, U.S.A.

Abstract

Many construction buildings and Structural barrier members that was built before 90s in USA, they weren’t designed for Seismic resistance until Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA started to do seismic evaluation and rehabilitation and suggested reinforcement methods. In this article we evaluate FRP sheet reinforcement.

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Vol 1 No 1 (2018): The Architects International
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