Features

• Defines the basic concepts for reliability assessment of buildings and covers methods for evaluation
• Introduces typical retrofitting strategies, design analyses, and construction procedures
• Covers direct retrofitting methods for multi-storey masonry brick buildings, multi-storey block masonry buildings, inner-frame masonry buildings, and frame-supported masonry buildings
• Discusses the reasons for and principles of wood structure retrofitting, including beams, roof trusses, vertical rods, and frames

Summary

Retrofitting of building structures, including maintenance, rehabilitation, and strengthening, is not only an important issue in urban construction and management, but also a frequent problem to structural engineers in property management disciplines. Based on the contributors’ hands-on experience, Retrofitting Design of Building Structures covers structural retrofitting practices, the basic principles of structural analysis and design, and various innovatively-used structural codes for the design, assessment, and retrofitting of building structures using newly-developed technologies worldwide.

Beginning with the procedure of structural retrofitting, this book gradually introduces the significance of structural retrofitting; the inspection methods for structural materials, structural deformation, and damages; retrofitting design methods and construction requirements of various structural systems; and practical examples of structural retrofitting design and construction. In the introduction of various examples, it emphasizes not only conceptual design, but also constructional procedure design, so that a structural retrofitting design work should be completed by both structural analysis and detailed constructional measures. The book provides a complete resource for experienced professionals as well as teachers and students.