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Runqi Guo, Haiying Zhang, Kezheng Chen, Yang Song, Hongxia Li, Lin Ding and Yanjie Liu
In order to improve the seismic performance of reinforced concrete (RC) columns, a reinforcement technology using prestressed steel wire ropes embedded in polyurethane cement composite material is proposed. Four concrete columns reinforced with different...
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Luigi Sorrentino and Linda Giresini
This paper presents a safety tool to assess the risk of road blockage during and after emergency situations, mainly due to earthquakes. This method can be used by public authorities to calculate the risk of road paths prone to blockage in case of seismic...
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Weiheng Liu, Jianwei Zhang, Hang Liu, Fei Wang, Juan Liu and Mingjie Han
Based on a practical engineering case of seismic strengthening, this paper used the enlarging cross-section method and an external self-centering substructure to improve the seismic performance and seismic resilience of existing frame structures. Among t...
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Ho-Jin Baek, Ju-Seong Jung, Kang-Seok Lee and Bok-Gi Lee
This study proposes a concrete-filled tube composite strengthening system (CCSS), which is a new concept that can improve and supplement the vulnerability of existing CFT seismic strengthening methods. The CCSS seismic reinforcement method is easy to con...
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Ivan Hafner, Tomislav Ki?icek and Matija Gams
The seismic strengthening of buildings in earthquake-prone areas has been a hot topic in recent years, especially for masonry structures. Because there are so many masonry structures and because most were built before seismic codes existed, their seismic...
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Georgia E. Thermou and Sousana Tastani
This paper investigates experimentally the structural performance of substandard reinforced concrete (RC) short columns confined with steel-reinforced grout (SRG) jackets under monotonically increasing uniaxial compression. The study comprised 24 square ...
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Giuseppe Santarsiero, Antonio D?Angola, Giuseppe Ventura, Angelo Masi, Vincenzo Manfredi, Valentina Picciano and Andrea Digrisolo
There are many existing buildings for which seismic rehabilitation interventions are required, especially in earthquake-prone areas like Italy. At the same time, the deep energy crisis that Europe is facing highlights the need for sustainable techniques ...
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Yu Sun, Wansong Xu and Sheng Shen
Given that the existing drainage strengthening methods for underwater damaged piers are expensive, inefficient, and cause shipping traffic disruptions, an urgent need exists to explore undrained strengthening methods, such as the precast concrete segment...
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Hongmei Zhang, Zizhao Tang, Yuanfeng Duan and Zhiyuan Chen
Shear walls are important vertical and lateral bearing element in structures. While shear walls with openings are fragile due to stress concentration and the quasi-brittle behavior of concrete in tension. Therefore, additional strengthening rebars are re...
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Panuwat Joyklad, Hafiz Ahmad Waqas, Abdul Hafeez, Nazam Ali, Ali Ejaz, Qudeer Hussain, Kaffayatullah Khan, Arissaman Sangthongtong and Panumas Saingam
Many masonry structures are constructed with cement clay interlocking brick (CCIB) due to its added benefits. Recent research has demonstrated the vulnerability of brick masonry walls against seismic loading. Various strengthening materials and technique...
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