Structural retrofitting of buildings: Turnbuckle exterior post tensioning

• Main Authors: Lejano, Bernardo A., Toral, Kenneth
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2015
• Subjects: Buildings, Reinforced concrete; Buildings—Retrofitting; Civil Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/32
• Institution: De La Salle University

Nowadays the problem of aging and deterioration of reinforced concrete buildings are eminent and due to excessive loading, the flexural performance and serviceability of structures are affected. The turnbuckle exterior post tensioning (T-EPT) is proposed as a retrofitting method wherein it was prove...