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Cost and Effectiveness of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Solutions for the Large-Scale Mitigation of Seismic Risk in Reinforced Concrete Buildings.

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    • المصدر:
      Publisher: MDPI Country of Publication: Switzerland NLM ID: 101545357 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2073-4360 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 20734360 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Polymers (Basel) Subsets: PubMed not MEDLINE
    • بيانات النشر:
      Original Publication: Basel : MDPI
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      Recent seismic events have demonstrated that the high vulnerability of existing reinforced concrete (RC) buildings is mainly due to a lack of proper seismic detailing and the employment of poor-quality concrete. The reconstruction process following the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake highlighted that strengthening these buildings using solutions based on fiber-reinforced polymers (FRPs) can be both efficient and cost-effective. Indeed, their light weight, ease of installation, and the availability of specific guidelines and standards strongly supported their use in design practices, where they were the strengthening technique employed the most. This paper analyses and discusses the data on the actual cost and effectiveness of FRP solutions for seismic strengthening of existing RC buildings. To this end, the large database relating to the L'Aquila reconstruction process was used to select 130 RC buildings strengthened with FRP systems or FRPs combined with other techniques. Details of direct costs, including at the member level, and the types and percentages of strengthened members are analysed for both local and global strategies. This study thus provides readers with valuable data for use in cost-benefit analyses of FRP systems schemes to mitigate seismic risk at large-scale.
    • Grant Information:
      WP7: "Post earthquake analysis: usability, damage, seismic design of repair, and strengthening inter-ventions'' DPC-ReLUIS 2019-2021
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: FRP; beam-column joints; costs; global retrofit; local strengthening; seismic retrofit; shear failure
    • الموضوع:
      Date Created: 20210910 Latest Revision: 20210913
    • الموضوع:
      20221213
    • الرقم المعرف:
      PMC8433953
    • الرقم المعرف:
      10.3390/polym13172962
    • الرقم المعرف:
      34503002