Title:
Proposed Shear Design Equation and Reliability Analysis for Shear-Critical RC Beams Strengthened with Inorganic Composites
Author(s):
Tadesse Wakjira
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Web Session
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Date:
10/17/2021
Abstract:
Major seismic events around the world along with the aging and deterioration of infrastructures keep increasing the need for repair/strengthening and rehabilitation of existing bridges. Seismic repairing and strengthening are an area that has seen major developments due to the availability of robust numerical simulation frameworks, large experimental facilities, structural health monitoring techniques, development of advanced materials and construction techniques, and sophisticated performance-based seismic design and assessment methodologies. Despite the progress, there are many challenges yet to be addressed. With the increase in transportation demand and more stringent seismic performance requirements, bridge retrofit, and repair is an important task for engineers and researchers. Bridge retrofits usually involve functional upgrades (such as deck widening) and seismic upgrades (such as strengthening seismic load path). The effects of the two upgrades are usually coupled and need to be analyzed. Therefore, more sophisticated analysis and customized solution is needed. While providing structural upgrade solutions to seismic issues, engineers also need to reduce the interruption to the traffic as much as possible. Development and implementation of innovative retrofit and repair methods are expected to upgrade deficient bridges to current standards and minimize traffic interruption. The main objective of this session is to present results from recent research studies (experimental/numerical/analytical) and practical examples of existing bridge retrofit and repair. This session will provide a forum for practicing engineers and researchers to share and discuss the various issues related to design and construction issues of seismic repair/retrofit/strengthening of bridges at the element and system level.