Performances, challenges and opportunities in strengthening reinforced concrete structures by using FRPs–A state-of-the-art review

A Siddika, MA Al Mamun, W Ferdous… - Engineering Failure …, 2020 - Elsevier
Structures are often subjected to extreme loading conditions that lead to their premature
deterioration, and replacement of those structures before the end of their design lives is very …

Seismic retrofit schemes with FRP for deficient RC beam-column joints: State-of-the-art review

DA Pohoryles, J Melo, T Rossetto… - Journal of Composites …, 2019 - ascelibrary.org
This paper aims to review and critically assess experimental research efforts on the seismic
retrofit of existing reinforced concrete (RC) beam-column joints with fiber-reinforced polymer …

Metabolism of the predominant human milk oligosaccharide fucosyllactose by an infant gut commensal

K James, F Bottacini, JIS Contreras, M Vigoureux… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
A number of bifidobacterial species are found at a particularly high prevalence and
abundance in faecal samples of healthy breastfed infants, a phenomenon that is believed to …

The Italian guidelines for seismic risk classification of constructions: technical principles and validation

E Cosenza, C Del Vecchio, M Di Ludovico… - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract The Italian “Guidelines for the seismic risk classification of constructions” approved
in February 2017 define the technical principles for exploiting tax deductions with respect to …

Reconstruction process of damaged residential buildings outside historical centres after the L'Aquila earthquake: part I—" light damage" reconstruction

M Di Ludovico, A Prota, C Moroni, G Manfredi… - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2017 - Springer
Assessment of the seismic damage and usability of the building stock started a few days
after the L'Aquila earthquake in order to evaluate the safety conditions of the buildings …

Reconstruction process of damaged residential buildings outside historical centres after the L'Aquila earthquake: part II—“heavy damage” reconstruction

M Di Ludovico, A Prota, C Moroni, G Manfredi… - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2017 - Springer
The reconstruction process of residential buildings severely damaged by the 06 April 2009
L'Aquila earthquake, the so called “heavy damage” reconstruction, started after the “light …

Seismic reliability analysis of RC frames rehabilitated by glass fiber-reinforced polymers

M Bagheri, A Chahkandi, H Jahangir - International Journal of Civil …, 2019 - Springer
Optimum length of glass fiber-reinforced polymers (GFRP), as an advantageous type of
composites, on the retrofitted columns of RC frames is obtained in this study by conducting …

Effectiveness of the novel rehabilitation method of seismically damaged RC joints using C-FRP ropes and comparison with widely applied method using C-FRP …

E Golias, AG Zapris, VK Kytinou, GI Kalogeropoulos… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The necessity of ensuring the long-term sustainability of existing structures is rising. An
important issue concerning existing reinforced concrete (RC) structures in seismically active …

Experimental investigation of the efficacy of EBROG method in seismic rehabilitation of deficient reinforced concrete beam–column joints using CFRP sheets

D Mostofinejad, A Akhlaghi - Journal of Composites for …, 2017 - ascelibrary.org
A major cause underlying the collapse of reinforced concrete (RC) moment-resisting frames
observed in past earthquakes is the shear failure of nonseismically detailed exterior beam …

3D beam–column corner joints retrofitted with X-shaped FRP sheets attached via the EBROG technique

D Mostofinejad, M Hajrasouliha - Engineering Structures, 2019 - Elsevier
Beam-column joints are fundamental structural components of a stable structure. Corner
joints are more likely to fail due to their small size and inferior confinement. This calls for …