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Strengthening of RC Buildings with Composites

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Strengthening and Retrofitting of Existing Structures

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The use of composite materials for reinforced concrete (RC) structures strengthening has become a well-established practice in the last decades, especially in seismic zones, either for retrofitting RC buildings not designed to resist seismic loads or for post-event structural rehabilitations. The most common composite materials used in structural engineering applications are Fibre Reinforced Polymers (FRPs). A large number of guidelines and codes have been developed, collecting the most advanced concepts in FRP-strengthening: this chapter makes reference to one such document, the Italian CNR DT-200 R1/2013 (Instructions for design, execution and control of strengthening interventions through fibre-reinforced composites. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Roma, 1), and deals with all the aspects relevant to a correct design process, which should start with a proper structural safety assessment and then move to the definition of material properties, main strengthening schemes and design equations. The concepts discussed herein can also be found in EN 1998-3 (Eurocode 8: design of structures for earthquake resistance. European Committee for Standardization, Brussel, 2) and in a recent State-of-the-Art book by RILEM (3).

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    1. Department of Structural Engineering and Geotechnics, Sapienza Università di Roma, Via A. Gramsci, 53, 00197, Rome, Italy

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    2. College of Civil Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, 30 South Puzhu Rd., Nanjing, 211816, China

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    3. Energy Geosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA

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    Monti, G., Petrone, F. (2018). Strengthening of RC Buildings with Composites. In: Costa, A., Arêde, A., Varum, H. (eds) Strengthening and Retrofitting of Existing Structures. Building Pathology and Rehabilitation, vol 9. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5858-5_7

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