Pedram Zohrevand recently explained how advanced materials help to save structures in seismic zones.
How Advanced Materials Help to Save Structures
Pedram Zohrevand, Augusta Free Press
There are some traditional seismic retrofitting techniques which are considered as major structural modifications and mostly require vacating the exiting building and halting the operation during the retrofit construction.
Some advanced materials such as Fiber-Reinforced Polymer and Fiber-Reinforced Concrete have been shown very successful in reinforcing and strengthening of existing structures, while their application is with minimal disturbance to the operation of an existing building.|
These materials can be used on the surface of existing structural elements, such as FRP wrapping of walls and columns, and can be used in specific localized areas, such as the application of fiber reinforced concrete at connections, wall boundaries, and base of columns and walls within footings.
The accelerated and simple application techniques of these advanced materials can be very helpful in seismic retrofitting of existing buildings while keeping them under operation and reducing the cost and time of construction significantly.
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