Abstract: The use of advanced composite materials for rehabilitation of deteriorating infrastructure has been embraced worldwide. The conventional techniques for strengthening of substandard bridges are costly, time consuming, and ...

Abstract: Fatigue sensitive details in aging steel girders is one of the common problems that structural engineers are facing today. The design characteristics of steel members can be enhanced significantly by epoxy bonding carbon ...

Abstract: The aging infrastructure of the United States requires significant attention for developing new materials and techniques to effectively and economically revive this aging system. Damaged steel-concrete composite girders ...

Abstract: Bonding composite plates to reinforced concrete beams is an effective technique of repair and retrofit. The ultimate capacity of the strengthened beam is controlled by either compression crushing of concrete, rupture of ...

Abstract: To develop design guidelines for bond of glass-fiber-reinforced plastic (GFRP) rebars to concrete, a total of 102 specimens were constructed and tested subjected to monotonic static loading. The research program was inclusive ...

Abstract: Unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings perform poorly under seismic forces and have been identified as the main cause of loss of life in recent earthquakes. Many of these structures fail in out-of-plane bending due to the ...

Abstract: A large inventory of older masonry buildings exists in earthquake-prone regions. In most cases these buildings contain shear walls constructed of unreinforced masonry. The majority of these buildings were built before any ...