Browsing by Author "Rudolf Seracino, Committee Chair"
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- Debonding Resistance of NSM CFRP Strips Bonded to Masonry under Various Environmental Exposures.(2010-05-11) Williams, Margaret; Rudolf Seracino, Committee Chair; James Nau, Committee Member; Sami Rizkalla, Committee Member
- Experimental Testing of Unreinforced Masonry Walls Strengthened with Orthogonal Near-Surface Mounted CFRP Subjected to Out-of-Plane Loading(2009-08-05) Wylie, John Curtis; Rudolf Seracino, Committee Chair; Emmett Sumner, Committee Member; Mervyn Kowalsky, Committee MemberUnreinforced masonry (URM) structures comprise a considerable proportion of the building stock worldwide. However, these structures generally do not behave well under extreme wind or earthquake loading. As part of on-going research, methods of repairing or strengthening URM walls subject to out-of-plane loading using fiber-reinforced polymers (FRP) are being investigated. For several reasons, one method showing particular promise is the use of near-surface mounted (NSM) Carbon FRP strips. Research to-date has made significant progress in quantifying the fundamental behavior of the bonded FRP-to-masonry interface and the behavior of URM walls repaired with vertical FRP strips subject to out-of-plane loading. This thesis presents the experimental results of five large-scale clay brick masonry walls strengthened using NSM CFRP strips and loaded out-of-plane statically to failure using an airbag system. Vertical and Horizontal NSM configurations were tested separately as well as orthogonal grid configurations constructed using two different techniques. The experimentally observed failure mechanisms are described in detail for each wall.
- Shear Behavior of Reduced Unit Weight Concrete Using Lightweight Synthetic Particles.(2010-10-15) Heiser, Matthew; Sami Rizkalla, Committee Chair; Rudolf Seracino, Committee Chair; Abhinav Gupta, Committee Chair; Dr. Paul Zia, Committee Member
- Vibration-based Damage Detection and Health Monitoring of Bridges.(2010-06-08) Mosavi Khandanhaghighi, Amirardalan; Sami Rizkalla, Committee Chair; Rudolf Seracino, Committee Chair; David Dickey, Committee Member; Kara Peters, Committee Member
