Hysteretic Behavior of Damaged Walls Strengthened by Aramid Fiber Sheet and Additional Reinforcement

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To improve the seismic performance of existing residential buildings, strengthening methods for T-shaped walls are evaluated through the performance tests. Almost damaged three specimens are strengthened by aramid fiber sheet and additional reinforcement. Cyclic lateral loads are applied to the top of the specimen with constant axial load. From these, strengthened wall by aramid fiber sheet and additional reinforcement shows the almost 100% strength and deformation capacity recovery comparing the undamaged wall. For the convenience of wall strengthening method in a residential state, using of aramid fiber sheet is recommended from this performance test results.

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February 2014

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