... in today's reinforced-concrete structures, there appeared to be some reservations on the structural performance of concrete beams and columns if such elements were reinforced with PSWC bars. These reservations were held primarily on two counts. Could tensile forces in the PSWC bars, characterised...

...Sreelatha Vuggumudi, MTech; Alagusundaramoorthy Paramasivan, PhD The main objective of the research reported in this paper was to predict the effectiveness of carbon-fibre-reinforced-polymer composite wrapping on a prototype reinforced concrete column with a large aspect ratio and without any shape...

... nitrate, (c) electrochemical application of lithium compounds and (d) FRP wrap of column Figure 4 shows the significant reduction in cracking imparted through the topical application of silane-based products to the highway barriers in Massachusetts. This visual improvement is supported...

... the hardness of jet grout columns installed in Shanghai clay, the proposed exponential equation was applied as a trial for predicting their UCS. Comparison results suggested that the exponential equation proposed in this study may be used to produce a quick prediction of the UCS by measuring the hardness...

...F. Micelli; J. J. Myers In the last decade fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP) composites have been successfully used for confinement of reinforced concrete (RC) and masonry columns. Their high mechanical properties, light weight and low installation costs have contributed to making the wet layup...

...F. Micelli; A. La Tegola Masonry structures are prone to brittle failure due to seismic forces or compressive overloads. A novel retrofitting technique is presented for the confinement of masonry columns subjected to compressive loads. The use of steel strands immersed in a cementitious matrix...