Garzón Roca, Julio; Adam Martínez, José Miguel; Calderón García, Pedro Antonio(Elsevier, 2011-05)
The steel caging technique is used to strengthen RC columns all over the world, as it has been shown to be effective, economical and easy to apply. Most studies carried out to date on this strengthening technique have ...
Bonet Senach, José Luís; Romero, Manuel L.; Miguel Sosa, Pedro(Elsevier, 2011-03)
Most of the design codes (ACI-318-2008 and Euro Code-2-2004) propose the moment magnifier method in order to take into account the second order effect to design slender reinforced concrete columns. The accuracy of this ...
Garzón Roca, Julio; Adam Martínez, José Miguel; Calderón García, Pedro Antonio; Valente, Isabel B.(Elsevier, 2012-07)
Steel caging is an effective, economical, easily applied and widely used method of strengthening RC columns. Based on the results of two experimental studies, this paper proposes the finite element modelling of RC columns ...
Hernández Figueirido, David; Romero, Manuel L.; Bonet Senach, José Luís; Montalva Subirats, José Miguel(Elsevier, 2012-01)
The paper describes 36 experimental tests conducted on rectangular and square tubular columns filled with normal and high strength concrete and subjected to a non-constant bending moment distribution with respect to the ...