Evaluation of seismic retrofit of reinforced concrete frame structures : Part II-experimental perfomance and analytical study of a retrofitted structural model

ABSTRACT

This report is Part II of a two part series on the evaluation of seismic retrofit methods for concrete frame structures. It deals with the behavior of the entire structural system when several retrofit techniques are applied to individual components. An analytical and an experimental study was done on a scaled model of a structure and several retrofit techniques were evaluiated. Pat I describes the evaluation of individual components retrofitted and tested with cyclic loading, that provided the base for modeling of the entire structure presented in this report.(AU)