Abstract
The increasing uses of FRP materials for the strengthening and upgrade of buildings has motivated the international engineering community to produce guidelines for the proper design, handling and installation of the externally bonded FRP systems. Thus, independent efforts coordinated by different organizations such as the Japan Building Disaster Prevention Association (JBDPA) and the American Concrete Institute (ACI) have led to implementing appropriate provisions. the JBDPA guidelines mainly focus on seismic retrofitting of structural elements, which implies the strengthening for shear of deficient structural elements. This paper describes and comments on some of the design approaches provided by the JBDPA guidelines for the strengthening of reinforced concrete (RC) columns. This was one of the main targets of the Japanese experience on infrastructure strengthening, which became an imperative task after the post-earthquake observations of the damage caused by the Kobe earthquake in 1995. Finally, comparisons with the ACI guidelines for the strengthening of RC members with FRP systems are also formulated. © 2004 ASCE.
Recommended Citation
G. Tumialan et al., "Overview of the Japanese Guidelines for Seismic Retrofitting of RC Columns using FRP Materials," Structures - A Structural Engineering Odyssey, Structures 2001 - Proceedings of the 2001 Structures Congress and Exposition, vol. 109, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Dec 2004.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1061/40558(2001)145
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
Building codes; Columns design; Fiber reinforced polymer (FRP); Reinforced concrete; Structural strengthening
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
978-078440558-1
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2024 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Dec 2004
