Abstract: Steel jacketing has been used extensively in the United States to retrofit seismically deficient bridge columns. This procedure, which consists of encasing a RC column in a steel jacket, is effective in providing a ductile ...

Abstract: Strengthening reinforced concrete slab or wall structural elements with carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) can improve their blast resistance. However, close-in blasts (blasts with a scaled range of less than