STRENGTHENING & RETROFITTING

OF CONCRETE STRUCTURES

Prof. P. Rathish Kumar

Department of Civil Engineering
NIT Warangal
 NEED FOR RETROFITTING OF STRUCTURES
Strengthening for
1) Deficiencies due to erroneous design and
detailing, ageing, maintenance,
environmental problems, damage due to
accidents/natural hazards
2) Material Degradation
3) Upgrading to higher load category
4) Adapt to Codal changes
 DESIGN PHILOSOPHY FOR STRENGTHENING

Active Repair
1)Existing members are upgraded to resist future and
present loads
2)Require temporary supports to remove the existing
stresses
3)Existing and newly applied system will jointly share
the loads
 DESIGN PHILOSOPHY FOR STRENGTHENING
Passive Repair
• Repairs do not participate in stress sharing unless
the additional live loads or dead loads or until
additional deformation occurs.
• For example a beam strengthened with steel plate
bonding will not carry loads until the beam
deflects.
PROCEDURE FOR STRENGTHENING
 Strengthening Techniques- Section Enlargement
• Placement of additional concrete-Overlay, Jacket- Idea is to
increase the stiffness or load carrying capacity.
• Concrete added in tension face-Resistance against corrosion,
Concrete added in compression increased depth of section
increasing the strength and stiffness.
• Thickness of new concrete-Should be less than
one third of thickness of existing concrete.
• Adequate monolithic bond is important.