The results of a comprehensive experimental program, aimed at providing a fundamental understanding of the behavior of shear-critical exterior reinforced concrete (RC) joints strengthened with fiber reinforced polymers (FRP) under simulated seismic load, are presented...

Concrete compressive strength is typically tested for fixed nominal values of curing age. Corresponding measurements, even if performed by multiple specimens testing, cannot figure the dispersion of the result attributed to all the significant effective error...

Destructive Testing, like core drilling, remains today the only reliable method to calculate with accuracy concrete’s strength parameters. However, the damage of the constructions is always a limitation. On the contrary, Non-Destructive Tests (NDT) are fast and...