Sentence examples for strengthening solutions from inspiring English sources

In the second part, analysis, repair, and strengthening solutions are discussed.

Three different strengthening solutions were defined, based on the collapse mechanism obtained.

Textile-reinforced mortar (TRM) is a composite material that overcomes some drawbacks of other RC (reinforced concrete) shear strengthening solutions.

Due to its simplicity and accuracy, the proposed method becomes a useful tool to be used at the design stage for the selection of adequate FRP strengthening solutions.

Although the strengthening solutions implemented in Lorca were diverse, they all followed a similar pattern presenting design solutions that were rushed and lacked a proper evaluation of their effectiveness.

Therefore,the contribution of infill masonry panels should be considered in the structural response analysis of existing buildings, for which understanding the out-of-plane non-linear behaviour of IM walls is paramount to develop efficient strengthening solutions to prevent and improve their performance in future earthquakes and, consequently,to reduce their seismic vulnerability.

The developed analytical model was used to find the most effective fatigue strengthening solution under different cyclic load scenarios.

An alternative shear strengthening solution with the use of prestressed stirrups is also presented.

Composite materials, such as fiber reinforced polymers (FRP), are more and more common as strengthening solution for existing structures.

Alternatively, El Maaddawy and Sherif (2009) examined the potential use of externally bonded carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composite sheets as a strengthening solution to upgrade reinforced concrete (RC) deep beams with openings.

El Maaddawy and Sherif (2009) investigated thirteen deep beams with openings under four-point bending to examine the potential use of externally bonded CFRP composite sheets as a strengthening solution to upgrade this kind of beams.