A new method of connecting precast beams and columns will make it possible to quickly repair concrete buildings damaged by extreme events such as earthquakes and hurricanes. The patented technology, ...

Glass fiber-reinforced engineered cementitious composite (GFRECC) is being used in this study to repair short square reinforced concrete columns that are structurally weak and measure 100 mm \ (\times ...

More than a decade after Los Angeles adopted its mandatory retrofit program for certain non-ductile concrete buildings, fewer ...

Concrete beams may be considered to be of three principal types: (1) rectangular beams with tensile reinforcing only, (2) T beams with tensile reinforcing only, and (3) beams with tensile and ...