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Title:	Retrofit of Existing Concrete Beam-Column Joints Using Advanced Carbon-Fiber Composites
Authors:	Marvin W. Halling, Kevin C. Womack, and Robert M. Moyle
University:	Utah State University
Publication Date:	Apr 1998
Report #:	MPC-98-92
Project #:	MPC-093
TRID #:	00748815
Keywords:	bearing capacity, bents, bridge piers, columns, construction, data analysis, design, ductility, fiber composites, joints (engineering), mathematical analysis, retrofitting, seismicity, specimens, testing

Abstract

This study addresses the issue of retrofitting reinforced concrete column/cap joints with advanced carbon-fiber composites using full-scale laboratory specimens.