Repaired Reinforced Concrete Walls and Lower-Damage Modifications

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Quake CoRE
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2016
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Motter, Christopher J.
Petch, James
Stephens, Max
Lu, Yiqiu
Hube, Matias
Henry, Rick
Elwood, Kenneth J.
Clauson, Aaron
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As a result of the Canterbury earthquakes, over 60% of the concrete buildings in the Christchurch Central Business District have been demolished. This experience has highlighted the need to provide guidance on the residual capacity and repairability of earthquake-damaged concrete buildings. Experience from 2010 Chile indicates that it is possible to repair severely damaged concrete elements (see photo at right), although limited testing has been performed on such repaired components. The first phase of this project is focused on the performance of two lightly-reinforced concrete walls that are being repaired and re-tested after damage sustained during previous testing.

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