Structural Renovation of Buildings: Methods, Details, & Design Examples


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Make any renovation job go smoother. Building renovation, conservation and reuse represents more than half of all construction work - and is projected to increase to 80% by 2004. Structural Renovation of Buildings, by Alexander Newman, puts a single, convenient source of information about all aspects of structural renovation and strengthening of buildings at your fingertips. While its focus is largely on low and midrise buildings, you can apply the principles it clarifies to buildings of any size - steel-framed, masonry, or wood. Whether you're repairing deteriorated concrete...rehabilitating slabs on grade...strengthening lateral-load resisting systems...renovating a building facade...handling seismic upgrades or fire damage, you'll find this time-and-trouble-saving guide loaded with practical tips, methods, and design examples. It's also heavily illustrated with autoCAD generated details, supplier illustrations of materials, procedural techniques, and much, much more.




Repair and Renovation of Concrete Structures


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- Preface - Introduction - Organising Committee - Scientific and Technical Committee - Collaborating Institutions - Sponsoring Organisations with Exhibition - Exhibiting Organisations - Supporting Institutions - Opening Paper - Getting it Right - From Testing Through Diagnosis to Lasting Repair THEME 1 DEGRADATION OF CONCRETE STRUCTURES Keynote Paper - On the Role of Moisture in Degradation of Concrete Structures - Condition Survey of Romanian Prestressed Concrete Bridges - The Use of Air Entrainment in Bridges and Highway Structures of the USA - Influence of Design and Construction Details on Localized Degradation of Concrete Structures - Diagnosis and Repair of a Cement Concrete Structure: A Case Study of a Residential Building - Degradation of Concrete in Structures - Water Treatment Infrastructure - Models for Environmental Actions on Reinforced Concrete Structures - Influence of Desulfurised Combustion Gases on Durability of Cooling Towers - Studying the Bond Between Repair Materials and Concrete Substrate - Mathematical Modelling of Strike Penetration Processes into Concrete and Sandy Barriers THEME 2 DEVELOPMENTS IN DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES Keynote Paper - Cover Concrete Evaluation: The Contribution of GRP Techniques Experimental Studies and Field Measurements - Cost Effective Testing of Concrete Structures - Defeating Alkali-Aggregate Reaction Worldwide - Temperature Variations in Concrete Subjected to Cyclic Compressive Loads: Consequences for Diagnostic Applications - A Study About the Rehabilitation Method of Electrochemical Chloride Extraction in Brazil - Loading Tests - Practical Experiences - Possibilities of Optical Fibre Sensors to Monitor Strength in Concrete Structures - Durability of Marine and Coastal Structures - The High Quality Cover and Monitoring Approach - New Suggestions to Measure the Corrosion Level of Reinforcement Using Infrared Thermographic Technology - Fracture Energy of Ultra High Performance Concrete Beams Using Infrared Thermographic Technology - Development of an Automatic Crack Recognition System for Concrete Structures - A Non-Destructive Test to Measure Concrete Permeability - Ultrasonic Inspection of Concrete Structure - New Steps Towards "Transparent" Concrete - On Bonding Repairing Steel Fibre Reinforced Concrete to Hardened Concrete - Condition Assessment of RC Structures by Electro Chemical Method (Linear Polarization) and Accelerated Carbonation Experiments THEME 3: REPAIR MATERIALS AND METHODS Keynote Paper - New Materials. Concepts and Quality Control Systems for Strengthening Concrete Construction - Repair of Foundation for Large Compressor - On the Use of Non-Adequate Primers to the Reinforcing Steel in Concrete Localised Repairs - Evaluating External CFRP Strips and Internal MMFX Steel Shear Bars for Shear Strengthening of Precast Concrete Channel Beams - Evaluation of Corrosion Inhibitors for Remediation of St Mary's Multi-Storey Car Park, Colchester - Improving Efficiency in the Galvanic Cathodic Protection of Concrete Structures - Re-alkalisation of Carbonated Concrete by Alkalline Solutions Absorption and Diffusion Mechanisms - External CFRP Tendons for Bridge Strengthening in Austria - Anchorage of Additional External Prestressing Tendons - Determination of Ductility and Deformability Undeces for FRP Strengthened RC Slabs - Use of FRP Materials for Strengthening Concrete Structures - Effect of Temperature on the Durability of Systems of Strengthening of Concrete Structures - Axial Compressive Strength of Reinforced Concrete Columns Wrapped with Fibre Reinforced Polymers (FRP) - Efficiency of Hybrid FRP Sheets in Strengthening Concrete Beams - Embedded Fibre Bragg Grating Sensors for Monitoring the Health of Concrete Structures - Performances of Bonded An




Bridge Rehabilitation


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In the last two decades, the rapid deterioration of bridge structures has become a serious technical and economical problem in many countries, including highly developed ones. Therefore, bridge rehabilitation has also become a very essential factor (sometimes even a decisive one) in contemporary bridge engineering. The book covers in synthetic form nearly all the most important problems concerning bridge rehabilitation, such as bridge superstructure and substructure, the typical damage observed in bridges as well as the assessment and evaluation techniques of their technical condition. The book is intended mainly for postgraduate university students. Therefore, all the problems are mostly presented in their physical, chemical and technical as well as economical aspects. The relevant requirements are treated as objective ones, i.e. irrespective of the rules, standards, regulations or guidelines particular to any country. This approach to the subject gives the book a more general character and therefore makes it a useful text for most civil engineering courses./a




Non-Metallic (FRP) Reinforcement for Concrete Structures


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Dealing with a wide range of non-metallic materials, this book opens up possibilities of lighter, more durable structures. With contributions from leading international researchers and design engineers, it provides a complete overview of current knowledge on the subject.




Creating with Concrete


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Concrete will be the key material for Mankind to create the built environment of the next millennium. The requirements of this infrastructure will be both demanding, in terms of technical performance and economy, and yet be greatly varied, from architectural masterpieces to the simplest of utilities.This volume is a compilation of the Opening Addresses and Leader Papers for the five Conferences and fove Seminars held during the Congress, Creating with Concrete, 6-10 September 1999, organised by the Concrete Technology Unit, University of Dundee.




Bridge Evaluation, Repair and Rehabilitation


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Evaluation, repair and rehabilitation of bridges are increasingly important topics in the effort to deal with the deteriorating infrastructure. For example, in the United States about 40 percent of the nation's 570,000 bridges are classified, according to the Federal Highway Administra tion's (FHW A) criteria, as deficient and in need of rehabilitation and replacement. In other countries the situation is similar. FHW A estimates the cost of a bridge replacement and reha bilitation program at 50 billion dollars. The major factors that have contributed to the present situation are: the age, inadequate maintenance, increasing load spectra and environmental contamination. The deficient bridges are posted, repaired or replaced. The disposition of bridges involves clear economical and safety implications. To avoid high costs of replacement or repair, the evaluation must accurately reveal the present load carrying capacity of the struc ture and predict loads and any further changes in the capacity (deterioration) in the applicable time span. Accuracy of bridge evaluation can be improved by using the recent developments in bridge diagnostics, structural tests, material tests, structural analysis and probabilistic methods. There is a need for an international exchange of advanced experience to increase the research effi ciency. The Workshop is organized on the premise that the exchange of existing American and European experience in the area of bridge evaluation, repair and rehabilitation is beneficial for both parties involved.




Galvanized Steel Reinforcement in Concrete


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Reinforced concrete is one of the most widely used modern materials of construction. It is comparatively cheap, readily available, and suitable for a variety of building and construction applications. Galvanized Steel Reinforcement in Concrete provides a detailed resource covering all aspects of this important material. Both servicability and durability aspects are well covered, with all the information needed maximise the life of buildings constructed from it. Containing an up-to-date and comprehensive collection of technical information and data from world renound authors, it will be a valuable source of reference for academics, researchers, students and professionals alike. - Provides information vital to prolong the life of buildings constructed from this versatile material - Brings together a disparate body of knowledge from many parts of the world into a concise and authoritative text - Containing an up-to-date and comprehensive collection of technical information




Concrete Repair, Rehabilitation and Retrofitting


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The First International Conference on Concrete Repair, Rehabilitation and Retrofitting (ICCRRR 2005) was held in Cape Town, South Africa, in November 2005. The conference was a collaborative venture by researchers from the South African Research Programme in Concrete Materials (based at the Universities of Cape Town and The Witwatersrand) and The Construction Materials Section at Leipzig University in Germany. The conference focused on appropriate repairing, maintaining, rehabilitating, and, if necessary, retrofitting existing infrastructure with a view to extending its life and maximising its economic return.




Strengthening of Reinforced Concrete Structures


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The in situ rehabilitation or upgrading of reinforced concrete members using bonded steel plates is an effective, convenient and economic method of improving structural performance. However, disadvantages inherent in the use of steel have stimulated research into the possibility of using fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) materials in its place, providing a non-corrosive, more versatile strengthening system.This book presents a detailed study of the flexural strengthening of reinforced and prestressed concrete members using fibre reinforces polymer composite plates. It is based to a large extent on material developed or provided by the consortium which studied the technology of plate bonding to upgrade structural units using carbon fibre / polymer composite materials. The research and trial tests were undertaken as part of the ROBUST project, one of several ventures in the UK Government's DTI-LINK Structural Composites Programme.The book has been designed for practising structural and civil engineers seeking to understand the principles and design technology of plate bonding, and for final year undergraduate and postgraduate engineers studying the principles of highway and bridge engineering and structural engineering. - Detailed study of the flexural strengthening of reinforced and prestressed concrete members using fibre reinforced polymer composites - Contains in-depth case histories