Abstract: Current guidelines do not cover the subject of the fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) reinforced concrete (RC) members subjected to simultaneous flexural and axial loads. The obvious implication is that, presently, RC columns ...

Abstract: Current American Concrete Institute (ACI) guidelines for the design of flexural RC members strengthened with externally bonded fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) systems assign an additional partial strength reduction factor ...

Abstract: This paper describes the load test of a one-way reinforced concrete (RC) slab conducted according to the new ACI 437 load test standard and performed in a three-story apartment building constructed in 1947. The ACI 437 ...