Civil Engineering Association

SEISMIC RETROFIT OF REINFORCED CONCRETE BRIDGES WITH FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES: STATE-OF-THE-ART REVIEW

This state-of-the-art manuscript addresses seismic retrofit of deficient reinforced concrete (RC) bridges whose
vulnerability has been demonstrated repeatedly in previous seismic events. A class of high performance
materials, Fiber Reinforced Polymer composites (FRP), with versatile applications in repair and rehabilitation
has been used for this purpose.
Mechanical and durability properties of externally bonded FRP's, their merits over conventional materials and
retrofit techniques, general seismic flaws and failure modes, and the effects of FRP wraps on the seismic
performance of lateral load resisting components of RC bridges are investigated, and practical solutions which
help improve the efficacy of FRP's are proposed.

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