Abstract: Providing additional confinement by external fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) wrapping is one of the most common and effective techniques for the retrofit of existing reinforced concrete columns. Over the past 2 decades, ...

Abstract: Most research since the introduction of mechanical forms of shear connection to provide interaction in steel–concrete beams in the 1940s has focused on simply supported beams. With the use of advanced computer techniques ...

Abstract: The use of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) externally bonded (EB) plates is widely accepted as an efficient and unobtrusive retrofitting technique. FRP near-surface mounted plates are now also gradually gaining acceptance ...

Abstract: Vibration-based damage detection techniques typically use changes of modal characteristics of bridges as a possible indication of damage. However, structural damages are not the only cause of these changes. This study ...

Abstract: Prestressed concrete bridges built as early as the 1950s and still in use have deteriorated as a result of prestress losses, aging, and corrosion. This deterioration necessitates load posting, repair, retrofit, or ...

Abstract: The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) identified several mass concrete footings in coastal bridges with cracking that needed to be assessed in the context of current North Carolina mass concrete specifications. ...

Abstract: Reinforced concrete beams are now commonly retrofitted using externally bonded (EB) fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) plates as the technique is both inexpensive and unobtrusive. However, tests have shown that EB carbon FRP ...

Abstract: It is well established that adhesively bonding plates to the surfaces of reinforced concrete members is an efficient retrofitting approach. Specifically, two techniques have emerged: Using thin externally bonded (EB) ...