Seismic Retrofitting Strategies of

Reinforced Concrete Buildings

Introduction
The aftermath of an earthquake manifests great devastation due to unpredicted
seismic motion striking extensive damage to innumerable buildings of varying
degree i.e. either full or partial or slight. This damage to structures in its turn
causes irreparable loss of life with a large number of casualties. As a result
frightened occupants may refuse to enter the building unless assured of the
safety of building from future earthquakes. It has been observed that majority of
such earthquake damaged buildings may be safely reused if they are converted
into seismically resistant structures by employing a few retrofitting measures.
This proves to be a better option catering to the economic considerations and
immediate shelter problems rather than replacement of buildings. Moreover it
has often been seen that retrofitting of buildings is generally more economical as
compared to demolition and reconstruction even in the case of severe structural
damage. Therefore, seismic retrofitting of building structures is one of the most
important aspects for mitigating seismic hazards especially in earthquake prone
countries. Various terms are associated to retrofitting with a marginal difference
like repair, strengthening, retrofitting, remoulding, rehabilitation, reconstruction
etc. but there is no consensus on them. The most common definition of these
terms may be summarized in Table 1.
The need of seismic retrofitting of buildings arises under two
circumstances (i) earthquake damaged buildings and (ii) earthquake vulnerable
buildings that have not yet experienced severe earthquakes. The problems faced
by a structural engineer in retrofitting earthquake damaged buildings are (a) lack
of standards for methods of retrofitting (b) effectiveness of retrofitting techniques
since there is a considerable dearth of experience and data on retrofitted
structures (c) absence of consensus on appropriate methods for the wide range of
parameters like type of structures, condition of materials, type of damage,
amount of damage, location of damage, significance of damage, condition under
which a damaged element can be retrofitted etc. Therefore, a catalogue of
available options regarding feasible and practical retrofitting methods is needed
for the structural engineer due to great variability of retrofitting requirements
differing from building to building. In addition experimental and analytical
research is urgently needed to strengthen different techniques of retrofitting.
 Table 1: Concept of various terms associated with retrofitting

Terms CEB, 1995 Tomazevic, 1999 Newman, 2001

Repairing Reconstruction or “Repair” refers to the post Repairing is a process of
renewal of any part of a earthquake repair of reconstruction and
(IS 13935: 1993: To damaged or deteriorated damage, which restricts renewal of the existing
make the existing building to provide the the seismic resistance of buildings, either wholly
structure safer for same level of strength the building to its pre- or in part.
future earthquake) and ductility, which the earthquake state
building had, prior to the
damage
Retrofitting Concepts including Increasing the seismic It is an upgrading of
strengthening, repairing resistance of a damaged certain building system,
(IS 13935: 1993: To and remoulding building is called such as mechanical,
upgrade the earthquake retrofitting. electrical, or structural, to
resistance up to the level improve performance,
of the present day codes
function, or appearance.
by appropriate
techniques)
Remoulding Reconstruction or It is a process of
renewal of any part of an substantial repair or
existing building owing alteration that extends a
to change of usage or building’s useful life.
occupancy
Rehabilitation Reconstruction or Increasing the seismic Up gradation required to
renewal of a damaged resistance of an existing meet the present needs; it
building to provide the seismically deficient implies sensitivity to
building features and a
same level of function, building is called
sympathetic matching of
which the building had rehabilitation. original construction.
prior to the damage
Restoration Rehabilitation of More restrictive term than
buildings in a certain area rehabilitation; it suggests
replicating the structure as
originally built. The term is
most commonly applied to
buildings of historical value.
Strengthening Reconstruction or “Strengthening” may
renewal of any part of an increase the seismic
(IS 13935: 1993: To existing building to resistance of a building
upgrade the seismic provide better structural beyond its pre earthquake
resistance of a capacity i.e. higher state. Strengthening may
damaged building) strength and ductility, be carried out in existing
than the original building seismically deficient
buildings or earthquake-
damaged buildings

The need of retrofitting of existing earthquake vulnerable buildings may

arise due to one or more than one of the following reasons i.e. (a) the buildings
have been designed according to a seismic code, but the code has been upgraded
in later years; (b) buildings designed to meet the modern seismic codes, but
deficiencies exist in the design and /or construction; (c) essential buildings must
be strengthened like hospitals, historical monuments and architectural buildings;
(d) important buildings whose service is assumed to be essential even just after
an earthquake ; (e) buildings, the use of which has changed through the years ;
(f) buildings that are expanded, renovated or rebuilt. The problems faced by the
structural engineer in case of earthquake vulnerable buildings are to obtain
sufficient records of buildings such as architectural and structural drawings,
structural design calculations, material properties, details of foundation and geo-
technical reports, records of at least natural period of the buildings in order to
evaluate the increased stiffness of buildings since strengthening techniques most
often stiffen the structure reducing its natural period.
Retrofitting of existing buildings and issues of their structural safety have
not received adequate attention in India. There are at present no guidelines or
codes of practice available in the country for retrofitting. The methods of seismic
assessment of existing buildings are not adequately developed. In some
developed countries research on repair and retrofitting has been undertaken
during the last two decades. Various techniques of seismic retrofitting have been
developed and used in practice. The basic concepts of these techniques of
retrofitting are aimed at (CEB, 1997) (a) upgradation of the lateral strength of the
structure (b) increase in the ductility of structure (c) increase in strength and
ductility. These three concepts are schematically illustrated in Figure 1.

Figure 1: Aim of seismic strengthening

 The decision to repair and strengthen a structure depends not only on
technical considerations as mentioned above but also on a cost/benefit analysis
of the different possible alternatives. It is suggested that the cost of retrofitting of
a structure should remain below 25% of the replacement as major justification of
retrofitting (Nateghi and Shahbazian, 1992). The present chapter will discuss
different aspects of retrofitting scheme and their limitations, side effects as well
as cost considerations. The information in this chapter is gathered from the
available literature and is based on the experiences of individual authors and
their studies.

Consideration in Retrofitting of Structures

The method of retrofitting principally depends on the horizontal and vertical
load resisting system of the structure and the type of materials used for parent
construction. It also relies on the technology that is feasible and economical. The
understanding of mode of failure, structural behaviour and weak and strong
design aspects as derived from the earthquake damage surveys exercise
considerable influence on selection of retrofitting methods of buildings. Usually
the retrofitting method is aimed at increasing the lateral resistance of the
structure. The lateral resistance includes the lateral strength or stiffness and
lateral displacement or ductility of the structures. The lateral resistance is often
provided through modification or addition of retrofitting elements of an existing
structure in certain areas only. The remaining elements in the structure are
usually not strengthened and are assumed to carry vertical load only, but in an
earthquake, all components at each floor, retrofitted or not, will undergo
essentially the same lateral displacements. While modified or added elements
can be designed to sustain these lateral deformations, the remaining non-
strengthened elements could still suffer substantial damage unless lateral drifts
are controlled. Therefore, caution must be taken to avoid an irregular stiffness
distribution in the strengthened structure. Thus the ability to predict initial and
final stiffness of the retrofitted structure need clarification and quantification.
Consequently, it is suggested that the design of retrofitted schemes should be
based on drift control rather than on strength consideration alone. The use of
three-dimensional analysis is recommended to identify and locate the potential
weakness of the retrofitted building.

Source of Weakness in RC Frame Building

Earthquake engineering is not a pure science; rather it has been developed
through the observation of failure of structure during earthquake (Otani, 2004).
Damage survey reports of past earthquakes reveal the following main source of
weakness in reinforced concrete moment resisting frame buildings.
(a) Discontinuous load path/ interrupted load path/irregular load path
(b) Lack of deformation compatibility of structural members
(c) Quality of workmanship and poor quality of material

Structural Damage due to Discontinuous Load path

Every structure must have two load resisting systems, (a) vertical load resisting
system for transferring the vertical load to ground (b) horizontal load resisting
system for transferring the horizontal load to vertical load system. It is
imperative that the seismic forces should be properly collected by the horizontal
framing system and properly transferred into vertical lateral resisting system.
Any discontinuity/irregularity in this load path or load transfer may cause one
of the major contributions to structural damage during strong earthquakes. In
addition it must be ensured that each member both of horizontal or vertical load
resisting system must be strong enough and not fail during an earthquake.
Therefore, all the structural and non-structural elements must have sufficient
strength and ductility and should be well connected to the structural system so
that the load path must be complete and sufficiently strong.

Structural Damage due to Lack of Deformation

The main problems in the structural members of moment resisting frame
building are the limited amount of ductility and the inability to redistribute load
in order to safely withstand the deformations imposed upon in response to
seismic loads. The most common regions of failure in an existing reinforced
concrete frame are shown in Figure 2 (Cosenza and Manfredi, 1997). The regions
of failure may be in columns, beams, walls and beam-column joints. It is
important to consider the consequences of member failure or structural
performance. Inadequate strength and ductility of the structural member can and
will result in local or complete failure of the system. The different modes of
failure in various structural members are reviewed.
Columns: In reinforced concrete columns several interaction mechanism
influences its lateral load behaviour. The main actions that concern are associated
with axial, flexure, shear, and bond as shown in Figure 3 (Lynn et. al., 1996). The
possible mode of failure and the suggested remedial measures are described in
Table 2 (Otani, 2004).

Table 2: Mode of failure of columns and remedial measures

Action Failure mode Description of failure Suggested remedial measures

concern
Axial Flexural  Compression failure of  Lateral confining reinforcement
force compression concrete can delay the crushing failure of
 Buckling of longitudinal concrete
and reinforcement  Deformation capacity of column
flexural  Failure takes place near the can be enhanced by providing
column ends the lateral reinforcement in the
 Hoop fracture region of plastic deformation
Shear Diagonal  Cause diagonal tensile stress  Provided minimum amount of
force tension/ Brittle in concrete lateral reinforcement (size,
shear  These tensile stresses are spacing and strength of shear
transferred to the lateral reinforcement)
reinforcement after cracking in
concrete
Shear Diagonal  Failure of concrete after the  This failure occurs when
force compression yielding of lateral minimum amount of lateral
reinforcement reinforcement is there but it is
 Not brittle as the diagonal not adequate as per requirement
tension failure or brittle shear  Provides adequate lateral
failure reinforcement as per
 Deformation capacity of requirement
column is limited
Shear Diagonal  Compression failure of  This failure occurs when there is
force compression concrete takes place prior to excessive amount of lateral
the yielding of lateral reinforcement
reinforcement  Only up to a limit the amount of
 Vertical load carrying capacity lateral reinforcement is effective
of the column is lost, leading for shear resistance
to the collapse  Provides lateral reinforcement
as per requirements
Tensile Splice failure of  Splices in older buildings were  Splicing should be in a region of
stresses longitudinal located in region of higher low tensile stress
reinforcement tensile stress because the
implications for earthquake
performance were
inadequately understood
 Splices failure reduces flexural
resistance of the member
Bond Bond splitting  Causes ring tension to the  Longitudinal reinforcement of a
stresses failure surrounding concrete column should be supported by
 High flexural bond stresses closely spaced stirrups or ties
may exist in members with  Not provide large diameters of
steep moment gradient along longitudinal bars with high
their lengths strength,
 Splitting cracks may develop  Provide sufficient concrete
along the longitudinal cover
reinforcement, especially when
the strength of concrete is low.
 Figure 2: Possible reason of failure in moment resisting frame

Figure 3: Action of concern force and its mode of failure in column

Beams: In reinforced concrete beams, the major problems exist at the right end,
considering seismic forces left to right as shown in Figure 4 (Edoardo Cosenza
and Gaetano Manfredi, 1997). A brittle shear failure could occur due to
superposing of shear forces caused by vertical loading and seismic loading.

Figure 4: Behaviour of beams for vertical and seismic loading

Beam – Column Joints: In beam- column joint, the situation of exterior joints
could be more critical if there is inadequate lateral reinforcement. In case of
strong column–weak beam behaviour, the joint may be heavily stressed after
beam yielding and diagonal cracking may be formed in the connection. Wide
flexural cracks may develop at the beam end, partially attributable to the slip of
beam reinforcement within the connection. Such shear cracking may reduce the
stiffness of a building.
Slab: A shear failure has been observed in the case that the slab is resting directly
on column capital without having any beam. The critical part of the flat plate slab
system is the vertical shear transfer between the slab and column

Quality of Workmanship and Materials

There are numerous instances where faulty construction practices and lack of
quality control have contributed to the damage. The faulty construction practices
may be like, lack of amount and detailing of reinforcement as per requirement of
code particularly when the end of lateral reinforcement is not bent by 135
degrees as the code specified. Many buildings have been damaged due to poor
quality control of design material strength as specified, spelling of concrete by
the corrosion of embedded reinforcing bars, porous concrete, age of concrete,
proper maintenance etc.
Classification of Retrofitting Techniques
There are two ways to enhance the seismic capacity of existing structures. The
first is a structural-level approach of retrofitting which involves global
modifications to the structural system. The second is a member level approach of
retrofitting or local retrofitting which deals with an increase of the ductility of
components with adequate capacities to satisfy their specific limit states. Based
on the above concept the available techniques of retrofitting of reinforced
concrete buildings may be classified as in Figure 5.

Figure 5: Global and local retrofit techniques

 Generally structural level retrofittings are applied when the entire
structural lateral load resisting system is deemed to be deficient. Common
approaches in this regard are employed to increase stiffness and strength with
limited ductility. Achieving desired ratio between the additional stiffening and
strengthening is the art of seismic retrofitting. The most common modifications
include the addition of structural walls, steel braces, infill walls, base isolators or
supplemental energy dissipation devices.
The addition of new reinforced concrete shear walls is the most oftenly
practised device which has proved to be effective for controlling global, lateral
drifts and for reducing damage in frame members. Steel braces are used for
stiffening the existing buildings. Concentric or eccentric bracing schemes may be
used, in the selected bays of an RC frame contributing to increase the lateral
resistance of the structure. Infill wall may be employed for strengthening of
reinforced concrete buildings, which has been effective in the case of one to three
storey buildings that may be extended up to five stories. The lateral strength of
existing columns can be increased by adding wing walls (side walls) or
buttresses similar to infilling. These techniques are not so popular because it may
require a vacant site around the building, and enough resistance from piles or
foundation of the buttress (CEB, 1997). At some occasions it might be possible to
achieve the retrofitting objectives by means of global mass reduction. Mass
reduction can be accomplished by removal of upper stories, heavy cladding,
partitions and stored good. Increasing the strength or stiffness of structural
members such as slabs and shear wall can be achieved by thickening of
members. The concept of seismic base isolation is based on decoupling of
structure by introducing low horizontal stiffness bearing between the structure
and the foundation. This is found to be efficient for seismic protection of
historical buildings where superstructure has a limited seismic resistance and
intervention is required only at foundation level. The supplemental damping
devices such as addition of viscous damper, visco-elastic damper, frictional
damper in diagonals of bays of frame substantially reduce the earthquake
response by dissipation of energy. Local retrofittings are typically used either
when the retrofit objectives are limited or direct treatment of the vulnerable
components is needed.
The most popular and frequently used method in local retrofitting is
jacketing or confinement by the jackets of reinforced concrete, steel, fiber
reinforced polymer (FRP), carbon fiber etc. Jacketing around the existing
members increases lateral load capacity of the structure in a uniformly
distributed way with a minimal increase in loading on any single foundation and
with no alternative in the basic geometry of the building.
Retrofitting Strategies for RC Buildings
The need for retrofitting or strengthening of earthquake damaged or earthquake
vulnerable buildings in India have been tremendously increased during recent
years after the devastating Bhuj earthquake with an alarming awakening for
sufficient preparedness in anticipation to face future earthquakes. Many
professional engineers are accustomed to the designing of new building but they
may find themselves not fully equipped to face the challenges posed at the time
of strengthening the existing buildings with a view to improving their seismic
performance. This section presents the most common devices for retrofitting of
reinforced concrete buildings with technical details, constructional details and
limitations.

Structural Level (or Global) Retrofit Methods

Two approaches are used for structure-level retrofitting, first is conventional
approach based on increasing the seismic resistance of existing structure, and
second is non - conventional approach based on reduction of seismic demands.

Conventional Methods
Conventional methods of retrofitting are used to enhance the seismic resistance
of existing structures by eliminating or reducing the adverse effects of design or
construction. The methods include adding of shear wall, infill walls, steel braces.

Adding New Shear Walls into/onto the Existing Frames

One of the most common methods to increase the lateral strength of the
reinforced concrete buildings is to make a provision for additional shear walls,
Figure 6 (CEB, 1997). The technique of infilling/adding new shear walls is often
taken as the best and simple solution for improving seismic performance.
Therefore, it is frequently used for retrofitting of non-ductile reinforced concrete
frame buildings. The added elements can be either cast in place or pre-cast
concrete elements. New elements preferably be placed at the exterior of the
building, however it may cause alteration in the appearance and window
layouts. Placing of shear walls in the interior of the structure is not preferred in
order to avoid interior mouldings.

Technical Considerations

The addition of new shear walls to existing frame has many technical
considerations which may be summarized as (a) determining the adequacy of
existing floor and roof slabs to carry the seismic forces; (b) transfer of diaphragm
shear into the new shear walls with dowels; (c) adding new collector and drag
members to the diaphragm; (d) increase in the weight and concentration of shear
by the addition of wall which may affect the foundations.

Constructional Considerations

The first consideration during construction is to find locations where walls can
be added and well located which may align to the full height of the building to
minimize torsion (Wylle, 1996). It is often desirable to locate walls adjacent to the
beam between columns so that only minimum slab demolition is required with
connections made to beam at the sides and /of columns. The design of the shear
wall may be similar to new construction. The longitudinal reinforcement must be
placed at the ends of the wall running continuously through the entire height. In
order to realize this end, the reinforcement has to pass through holes in slabs and
around the beams to avoid interference. To achieve both conditions, boundary
elements can be used. Although it would also be convenient to have continuous
shear reinforcement but in its absence, the walls must be adequately connected to
the beams, slabs and columns ensuring proper shear transfer through shear
connectors. Wall thickness also varies from 15 to 25cm (6 to 10 inch) and is
normally placed externally. This retrofitting system is only adequate for concrete
structures, which bring forth a big increase in the lateral capacity and stiffness. A
reasonable structural ductility may be achieved if the wall is properly designed
with a good detailing. The connection to the existing structure has to be carefully
designed to guarantee shear transfer.

Limitations

The main limitations of this method are (i) increase in lateral resistance but it is
concentrated at a few places (ii) increased overturning moment at foundation
causes very high uplifting that needs either new foundations or strengthening of
the existing foundations (iii) increased dead load of the structure (iv) excessive
destruction at each floor level results in functional disability of the buildings (v)
possibilities of adequate attachment between the new walls and the existing
structure. (vi) closing of formerly open spaces can have major negative impact on
the interior of the building uses or exterior appearance
Figure 6: Increasing strength with shear walls: (a) adding techniques (b) infilling
techniques

Adding Steel Bracing into/onto the Existing Frame

Another method of strengthening having similar advantages is the use of steel

bracing. The structural details of connection between bracing and column are
shown in Figure 7 (Jara et. al., 1989). The installation of steel bracing members
can be an effective solution when large openings are required. This scheme of the
use of steel bracing has a potential advantage over other schemes for the
following reasons;
 Higher strength and stiffness can be proved
 Opening for natural light can be made easilly
 Amount of work is less since foundation cost may be minimized
 The bracing system adds much less weight to the existing structure
 Most of the retrofitting work can be performed with prefabricated elements and
disturbance to the occupants may be minimized

Technical Considerations

The steel bracing system can be used for steel structures as well as concrete
structures; several researchers have reported successful results while using steel
bracing to upgrade the strength and stiffness of reinforced concrete structures. It
has performed well-exhibited linear behaviour even up to twice the design code
force. The effective slenderness ratio of brace should be kept relatively low so
that braces are effective in compression as well as tension, suggested l/r ratio are
80 to 60 or even lower. Collector’s members are recommended for transferring
forces between the frame and bracing system. Careful consideration of
connections of strengthening elements to the existing structures and to the
foundations have to be consciously designed to ensure proper shear transfer.
Column shear failure is not specifically prevented; therefore close attention must
be given to limit drifts of the strengthened frame. Local reinforcement to the
columns may be needed to bear the increased load generated on them. The
epoxies threaded rods have proved to be quite effective in connecting the bracing
system to the concrete frame and in transferring the forces.

Constructional Considerations

The available dead load of structure only has to be considered to determine the
amount or number of bays of bracing that can be mobilized to resist overturning
uplift, as steel bracing is relatively light. Bracing bays usually require vertical
columns at ends to resist overturning forces to work vertically as chords of a
cantilever truss and horizontally at each floor level. It is to be connected to the
horizontal diaphragms by collectors or an opposite system of diagonals can be
added to complete the truss network. Tension in braces should be avoided except
in the case of light, simple buildings. Braces should have relatively low
slenderness ratios so that they function effectively during compression. Members
are to be selected to provide acceptable slenderness ratio and to make simple
connection, which in its turn develops the strength of the member.

Limitations

Some inconveniences may be experienced with steel bracing; e. g. lack of

information about the seismic behaviour of the added bracing; undesirable
changes take place regarding the original architectural feature of the building.
Moreover lack of cost efficiency and field experience may also cause
inconvenience. In addition to this steel bracing system may be sensitive to
construction errors or omissions, which cause reduction in member capacity at a
section. Section failure can impact the overall performance of the system. A
moderate to high level of skilled labour is necessary for construction, due to the
need for member fit-up adjustment and welding. Close quality control
particularly with respect to welding is essential.
 Post- tensioned dowels

Figure 7: Building retrofitted with steel bracing and its connection details

Adding Infill Walls into/onto the Existing Frames

Strengthening of existing reinforced moment resisting frames often involves

addition of infill walls. It is an effective and economical method for improving
strength and reducing drift of existing frames. But a relatively strong masonry
infill may result in a failure of the columns of existing frame; Figure 8 (Valluvan,
Kreger and Jirsa, 1993). By proper selection of the infill masonry strength along
with prevention of its premature separation from the columns, a more desirable
failure mode can be achieved. Anchorage of the masonry to the frame is a critical
factor in determining an overall performance. With proper anchorage, it should
be possible to force failure in the masonry and prevent a premature
shear/flexure column failure.

Figure 8: Column lap splices subjected to large axial force due to frame wall action
Technical Consideration

A review of the literature has brought to light the high sensitivity of frame
performance to relative values of infill strength, column strength and stiffness
and beam strength. This exhibits three basic failure modes for masonry infilled
frames as quantified by Liauw and Kwan (US Italian Workshop)
Mode 1: Weak columns, strong beams and strong infill - failure occurs in the
columns followed by crushing of infill in the compressive corners.
Mode 2: Strong columns, weak beams and strong infill - failure occurs in the
beam again followed by crushing of infill.
Mode 3: Strong columns, strong beams and weak infill - failure occurs when
corner crushing extends diagonally followed by frame joint failure.

Constructional Considerations

The infill wall capacity is usually governed by column dead load to resist
overturning uplift. Number of infill wall depends on the building seismic loads
alongwith shear and upliftment from single bay full height. Determination of
number of bays of infill wall is needed in both directions to prevent uplift and
locate walls in appropriate bays. Moreover design forces are transferred to new
infill panels using shear friction. If columns have compression splices that are
weak in tension, strengthening of column splices will be necessary. There are two
approaches for strengthening of column splices (Valluvan, Kreger and Jirsa,
1992). The first consists of making spliced bars continuous so that forces could lie
transferred directly without relying on the bond strength between spliced bars
and surrounding concrete. The other is to involve the region to improve bond
along spliced bars. External reinforcement around the splice region significantly
improves confinement and splice strength. The external reinforcement must be
grouted in order to permit it to effectively confine the concrete. Addition of
internal ties to the splice region has not been an effective method for
strengthening column splices, because removal of concrete reduces the
effectiveness of concrete cover and the splice strength more than additional ties
improve it.

Limitations

The benefit of retrofitting by infill walls is often limited by failure of splices in

existing columns, which act as boundary elements for new infill walls. As a
result, some columns in the frame are subjected to large axial tensile forces,
which may exceed the capacity of column splices that have originally been
designed both for little or no flexure and only for either compression prior to
seismic code or only for gravity loads without consideration of seismic loads.
Non-Conventional Approach
In recent years, several alternative approaches are being used in the retrofitting
of structures. Among them, seismic base isolation and addition of supplemental
device techniques are the most popular. These techniques proceed with quite a
different philosophy in that sense that it is fundamentally conceived to reduce
the horizontal seismic forces. The applications of these techniques in retrofitting
are also in infancy state; hence, the technical literature related to their
application, future performance, advantage and problems have not been
thoroughly investigated. However, a brief discussion about these techniques has
been made here.

Seismic Base Isolation

Base isolation proceeds with quite a different philosophy in the sense that this
concept is fundamentally concerned to reduce the horizontal seismic forces (G.C.
Delfosse and P.G. Delfosse, 1992). It is a powerful and relatively cheaper method
of seismic rehabilitation of buildings. Its main advantages are (a) better
protection against earthquake due to the decreasing of shears (b) superstructure
will need no reinforcement (c) foundation system will not need any
reinforcement to resist the overturning moments, which are much smaller than
those of initial design, (d) least interrupting the building activities, since the work
is carried out in the basement with no loss of income during rehabilitation
programme (e) least temporary work is required.
A typical base isolation system is evolved by the use of rubber bearing
located at the base of the building, most often just below the first floor, under
columns or shear walls. Rubber bearing consists of laminated layers of rubber
and steel plates strongly bound together during the vulcanizing process of
rubber. They are designed with a vertical stiffness, which is usually 300 to 1000
times higher than the horizontal stiffness. Such a system increases the first
natural period in both the horizontal directions in between the range of 1 to 2.5
seconds and the response acceleration decreases accordingly (except for building
on soft soils for which natural period should be increased up to 3 sec or more).
Damping is usually comprised between 5% to 10% critical, but can jump to as
high as 20% with the addition of damper. Base isolation techniques have created
considerable interest among architects and engineers in developed nations like
France, USA, Japan etc. A building filled with well designed base isolation
behaves like a one degree of freedom system.
Figure 9 and 10 shows the step-by-step process of base isolation retrofit of
building supported by columns and pile respectively (Kawamura, 2000).
Figure 9: Process of seismic retrofitting by base isolation in mid storey isolation

Figure 10: Process of seismic retrofitting by base isolation in building resting on pile

Supplemental Damping Devices

Use of supplemental damping may be an effective method to resist seismic force.

The most commonly used approaches to add supplemental dampers to a
structure are installing of viscous damper or visco-elastic damper, frictional
damper, and hysteretic dampers as components of braced frames, Figure 11
(Buckle, 2000).

Figure 11: Building retrofitted with visco-elastic damper in first and second stories

Member Level (or Local) Retrofit Methods

The member-level retrofit or local retrofit approach is to upgrade the strength of
the members, which are seismically deficient. This approach is more cost
effective as compared to structural level retrofit. The most common method of
enhancing the individual member strength is jacketing. It includes the addition
of concrete, steel, or fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) jackets for use in confining
reinforced concrete columns, beams, joints and foundation. A brief discussion of
jacketing and its application on various members are discussed below.

Jacketing/ Confinement
Jacketing is the most oftenly used and one of the most popular methods for
strengthening of building columns. The most common types of jackets are steel
jacket, reinforced concrete jacket, fiber reinforced polymer composite jacket,
jacket with high tension materials like carbon fiber, glass fiber etc. The main
purposes of jacketing are: (i) to increase concrete confinement by transverse
fiber/ reinforcement, especially for circular cross-sectional columns, (ii) to
increase shear strength by transverse fiber/ reinforcement, (iii) to increase
flexural strength by longitudinal fiber/ reinforcement provided they are well
anchored at critical sections. Transverse fiber should be wrapped all around the
entire circumference of the members possessing close loops sufficiently
overlapped or welded in order to increase concrete confinement and shear
strength. This is how members with circular cross-section will get better
confinement than member with rectangular cross-section. Where square or
rectangular cross-sections are to be jacketed, circular/oval/elliptical jackets are
most oftenly used and the space between the jacket and column is filled with
concrete. Such types of multi-shaped jackets provide a high degree of
confinement by virtue of their shape to the splice region proving to be more
effective. Rectangular jackets typically lack the flexural stiffness needed to fully
confine the concrete. However, circular and oval jackets may be less desirable
due to (i) need of large space in the building potential difficulties of fitting in the
jackets with existing partition walls, exterior cladding, and non structural
elements, (ii) where an oval or elliptical jacket has sufficient stiffness to confine
the concrete along the long dimension of the cross-section is open to question,
Figure 12, (Aschheim, 1997). The longitudinal fibers similar to longitudinal
reinforcement can be effective in increasing the flexural strength of member
although they can not effectively increase the flexural capacity of building frames
because the critical moments are located at beam column ends where most of the
longitudinal fibers are difficult to pierce through to get sufficient anchorage.
 Notes: Shading shows areas of reduced confinement effectiveness
Figure 12: Various shapes of retrofitting jackets

Technical Considerations

The main objective of jacketing is to increase the seismic capacity of the moment
resisting framed structures. In almost every case, the columns as well as beams of the
existing structure have been jacketed. In comparison to the jacketing of reinforced
concrete columns, jacketing of reinforced concrete beams with slabs is difficult yielding
good confinement because slab causes hindrance in the jacket. In structures with waffle
slab, the increase in stiffness obtained by jacketing columns and some of the ribs, have
improved the efficiency of structures. In some cases, foundation grids are strengthened
and stiffened by jacketing their beams. An increase in strength, stiffness and ductility or
a combination of them can be obtained. There may be several options for the jacketing of
members (Sugano, 1981) as shown in Figure 13. Usually the existing member is wrapped
with a jacket of concrete reinforced with longitudinal steel and ties or with welded wire
fiber, steel plate, similar to other strengthening schemes, the design of jackets should
also include the probable redistribution of loads in the structure. A change in the
dynamic properties of the structure may lead to a change in the lateral forces induced by
an earthquake. Jacketing serves to improve the lateral strength and ductility by
confinement of compression concrete. It should be noted that retrofitting of a few
members with jacketing or some other enclosing techniques might not be effective
enough to improve the overall behaviour of the structure, if the remaining members are
not ductile.

Concrete Jacketing Steel Jacketing Strap Jacketing

Figure 13: Types of jacketing of columns

Jacketing of Columns

Jacketing of columns consists of added concrete with longitudinal and transverse

reinforcement around the existing columns. This type of strengthening improves
the axial and shear strength of columns while the flexural strength of column and
strength of the beam-column joints remain the same. It is also observed that the
jacketing of columns is not successful for improving the ductility. A major
advantage of column jacketing is that it improves the lateral load capacity of the
building in a reasonably uniform and distributed way and hence avoiding the
concentration of stiffness as in the case of shear walls. This is how major
strengthening of foundations may be avoided. In addition the original function
of the building can be maintained, as there are no major changes in the original
geometry of the building with this technique. The jacketing of columns is
generally be carried out by two methods (i) reinforced concrete jacketing (ii) steel
jacketing.

Reinforced Concrete Jacketing

Reinforced concrete jacketing can be employed as a repair or strengthening

scheme. Damaged regions of the existing members should be repaired prior to
their jacketing. There are two main purposes of jacketing of columns; (i) increase
in the shear capacity of columns in order to accomplish a strong column weak
beam design and (ii) to improve the column’s flexural strength by the
longitudinal steel of the jacket made continuous through the slab system and
anchored with the foundation. It is achieved by passing the new longitudinal
reinforcement through holes drilled in the slab and placing by new concrete in
the beam column joints as is illustrated in Figure 14 (Rodriguez and Park, 1991).

Figure 14: Construction techniques for column jacketing

 Rehabilitated sections are designed in this way so that the flexural
strength of columns should be greater than that of the beams. Transverse steel
above and below the joint has been provided with details, which consists of two
L-shaped ties that overlap diagonally in opposite corners. The longitudinal
reinforcement usually is concentrated in the column corners because of the
existence of the beams where bar bundles have been used as shown in Figure 15.
It is recommended that not more than 3 bars be bundled together. Windows are
usually bored through the slab to allow the steel to go through as well as to
enable the concrete casting process. Figure 16 shows the options for the detailing
of the longitudinal reinforcement to avoid the excessive use of bundles (Teran
and Ruiz, 1992). In some cases jacketing has been applied only with in the storey
as a local strengthening as shown in Figure 17 (Rodriguez and Park, 1991). Table
3 furnished the details for reinforced concrete jacketing extracted from the
UNDP/UNIDO, 1983.

Figure 15 & 16: Details for provision of longitudinal reinforcement

Figure 17: Local strengthening of reinforced concrete columns

 Table 3: Details for reinforced concrete jacketing

Properties of  Match with the concrete of the existing structure

jackets  Compressive strength greater than that of the existing structures
by 5 N/mm2 (50 kg/cm2), or at least equal to that of the existing
structure
Minimum width  10 cm for concrete cast-in-place and 4 cm for shotcrete
of jacket  If possible, four-sided jacket should be used.
 A monolithic behaviour of the composite column should be
assured
 Narrow gap should be provided to prevent any possible
increase in flexural capacity
Minimum area of 
3A/fy, Where, A is the area of contact in cm2 and fy is in kg/cm2
longitudinal  Spacing should not exceed six times of the width of the new
reinforcement elements (the jacket in the case) up to the limit of 60 cm.
 % of steel in the jacket with respect to the jacket area should be
limited between 0.015 and 0.04,
 At least, a #5 bar should be used at every corner for a four sided
jacket
Minimum area of  Designed and spaced as per earthquake design practice
transverse  Minimum bar diameter used for ties is not less than 10mm or
reinforcement 1/3 the diameter of the biggest longitudinal bar.
 The ties should have 135-degree hooks with 10 bar diameter
anchorage.
 Due to the difficulty of manufacturing 135-degree hooks on the
field, ties made up of multiple pieces, can be used.
Shear stress in the  Provide adequate shear transfer mechanism to assured
interface monolithic behaviour
 A relative movement between both concrete interfaces (between
the jacket and the existing element) should be prevented.
 Chipping the concrete cover of the original member and
roughing its surface may improve the bond between the old and
the new concrete.
 For 4 sided jacket, the ties should be used to confine and for
shear reinforcement to the composite element
 For 1, 2, 3 side jackets, as shown in Figures 18, special
reinforcement should be provided to enhance a monolithic
behaviour.
Connectors  Connectors should be anchored in both the concrete such that it
may develop at least 80% of their yielding stress.
 Distributed uniformly around the interface, avoiding
concentration in specific locations.
 It is better to use reinforced bars (rebar) anchored with epoxy
resins of grouts as shown in Figure 17 (a).
 (a) One sided jacketing (b) Three sided jacketing
Figure 18: Different ways of column jacketing

Steel Jacketing

Local strengthening of columns has been frequently accomplished by jacketing

with steel plates. A general feature of steel jacketing is mentioned in Table 4.
These features are based on the experimental study (Aboutaha, Engelhardt, Jirsa
and Kreger, 1996).
Table 4: Details of steel jacketing

Steel plate thickness  At least 6mm

Height of jacket  1.2 to 1.5 times splice length in case of flexural columns
 Full height of column in case of shear columns
Shape of jackets  Rectangular jacketing, prefabricated two L-shaped panels
The use of rectangular jackets has proved to be successful in case of
small size columns up to 36 inch width that have been successfully
retrofitted with ¼” thick steel jackets combined with adhesive anchor
bolt, but has been less successful on larger rectangular columns. On
larger columns, rectangular jackets appear to be incapable to provide
adequate confinement.
Free ends of jackets  Welded throughout the height of jacket, size of weld ¼”
Bottom clearance  38 mm (1.5 inch), steel jacket may be terminated above the
top of footing to avoid any possible bearing of the steel jacket
against the footing, to avoid local damage to the jacket
and/or an undesirable or unintended increase in flexural
capacity
Gap between steel  25 mm (1 inch) fill with cementations grout
jacket and concrete
column
Size of anchor bolt  25mm (1 inch) in diameter and 300 mm (12”) long embedded
in 200mm (8”) into concrete column
 Bolts were installed through pre-drilled holes on the steel
jacket using an epoxy adhesive
Number of anchor  Two anchor bolts are intended to stiffen the steel jacket and
bolt improve confinement of the splice
Alternative Method of Jacketing

Several researchers have investigated the possibility and feasibility of fiber

reinforced polymer composite jackets for seismic strengthening of columns
(Katsumata and Kobatake, 1996) winding them with high strength carbon fibers
around column surface to add spiral hoops, Figure 19. A carbon fiber is the fiber
with carbon as the main constituent with the minimum element having
diameters from 5 to 15 microns called monofilaments. Strands made by bunching
1000 to 24000 monofilaments are the unit of practical use. The merits of this
method are; (i) carbon fiber is flexible and can be made to contact the surface
tightly for a high degree of confinement; (ii) confinement is of high degree
because carbon fibers of high strength and high modules of elasticity are used;
(iii) the carbon fiber has light weight and rusting does not occur (Katsumata et.
al., 1988)

Figure 19: Carbon fiber winding

Limitations
There are some disadvantages associated with the column jacketing technique as
well; (i) in some cases the presence of beams may require majority of new
longitudinal bars to be bundled into the corners of the jacket; (ii) with the
presence of the existing column it is difficult to provide cross ties for new
longitudinal bars which are not at the corners of the jackets; (iii) jacketing is
based mostly on engineering judgment as there is a dearth of guidelines.

Beam Jacketing

Jacketing of beams is recommended for several purposes as it gives continuity to

the columns and increases the strength and stiffness of the structure. While
jacketing a beam its flexural resistance must be carefully computed to avoid the
creation of a strong beam-weak column system. In the retrofitted structure, there
is a strong possibility of change of mode of failure and redistribution of forces as
a result of jacketing of column, which may consequently cause beam hinging.
The location of the beam critical section and the participation of the existing
reinforcement should be taken into consideration. Jacketing of beam may be
carried out under different ways (Teran and Ruiz, 1992), the most common are
one-sided jackets or 3 and 4-sided jackets, Figure 20.

Three sided jacketing Four sided jacketing

Figure 20: Different ways of beams jacketing

At several occasions, the slab has been perforated to allow the ties to go
through and to enable the casting of concrete. The beam should be jacketed
through its whole length. The reinforcement has also been added to increase
beam flexural capacity moderately and to produce high joint shear stresses. Top
bars crossing the orthogonal beams are put through holes and the bottom bars
have been placed under the soffit of the existing beams, at each side of the
existing column. Beam transverse steel consists of sets of U-shaped ties fixed to
the top jacket bars and of inverted U-shaped ties placed through perforations in
the slab, closely spaced ties have been placed near the joint region where beam
hinging is expected to occur, Figure 21. The main features of reinforcement
details of beam jacketing are given in table 5.

Figure 21: Continuity of longitudinal steel in jacketed beams

 Table 5: Reinforcement details of beam Jackets

Minimum  8cm if concrete cast in place or 4 cm for shotcrete, as

width for jacket recommended by UNDP/UNIDO (1983)
Longitudinal  % of steel on the jacket should be limited to 50% of the total area
reinforcement of the composite section
Shear  Ignore the effect of existing shear reinforcement
reinforcement  New reinforcement should have 135 hooks and at each corner of
the tie there must be at least one longitudinal bar.
 The bar used for the tie should have at least 8mm diameter
 Multiple piece ties can be used, as discussed before for columns
Depth of  Span/depth ratio
Jacketed Beam  Storey height
 Ductile behaviour.
Although these guidelines can give a rational basis for practical design, research still
needs to address critical aspects in the behaviour of jacketed elements. The change in
behaviour in jacketed elements, whose shear span/depth ratios are significantly reduced,
due to their jacketing, needs to be clarified

Beam – Column Joint Jacketing

A joint may be defined as that part of the column located through the depth of
the beams, which intersect that column. This critical region should have enough
confinement and shear capacity. However, due to lack of space in the joint region
it is difficult enough to provide an adequate confinement. Alcocer, 1992 has
assessed experimentally the behaviour of several beam columns sub
assemblages, where the joint is confined with a steel cage as is shown in Figure
22. Test results have indicated that jacketing has been effective in rehabilitating
the joint, with improving the strength, stiffness and energy dissipation
characteristics of the existing joint. In these specimens, the dissipation of energy
has been mainly concentrated at the beam’s ends. It is also very important to
point out the need to have a very strong column as compared to the beam to
avoid driving of the column or joint into significant inelastic behaviour.

Figure 22: Steel cage assembled in the joint

Slab Column Connection

The most critical type of structural damage is the slab column connection which
results in the punching shear failure due to the transfer of unbalanced moments.
The retrofitting of slab column connection is beneficial for the prevention of
punching shear failures. A considerable amount of research carried out in this
regard (Tuo and Durani 1994, Farbey et al. 1993, Martinez et al 1994) has
reported that adding concrete capitals or steel plates on both sides of slab can
prevent punching shear failures (Source: Bai, 2003).

Foundations

The repair and retrofitting of foundations is principally required due to two

types of problems; (i) the change of loads on the foundation by strengthening the
structure and the failure of foundation itself. In the first case, the most common
practice has been the reinforced concrete jacketing of basement beams and the
addition of new piles. Generally segmented concrete piles have been used for
retrofitting (Iglesias, 1986).

Comparative Analysis of Methods of Retrofitting

A large number of existing reinforced concrete buildings retrofitted by various
seismic retrofitting schemes in Japan are shown in Figure 23. This data is
collected by Japan Concrete Institute on practices of seismic retrofitting of 157
existing buildings constructed between 1933 and 1975 in Japan (Endo et. al.,
1984). More than one methods were adopted simultaneously in many cases. The
most frequently used methods of retrofitting have been addition of shear walls in
82% cases, column jacketing used in 33% cases, while adding of steel bracing has
been adopted only in 2% cases, mainly because of the difficulty of connecting the
braces to the existing concrete frame. Repairing work with epoxy resin has been
carried out in 20% cases.

Figure 23: Repair and strengthening techniques used for 157 buildings in Japan
 Typical lateral load-displacement relationships (Sugano, 1981) of different
strengthening techniques are presented in Figure 24. It may be observed that the
strengthening techniques significantly increase the lateral strength and stiffness
in comparison to unstrengthened frame however it is only a qualitative
indication. Table 6 presents a comparison of different aspects involved in
retrofitting. It is based on the author’s experimental study of one-bay, one-storey
simple frame, which was strengthened by different techniques.

Figure 24: Typical load displacement relationship for different strengthening techniques

Table 7 illustrates the qualitative comparison of the four alternative

retrofitting schemes: (a) base isolation plus exterior diagonal bracing; (b)
conventional diagonal braced frames on the exterior; (c) exterior shear walls in
the perimeter frame; and (d) jacketing of the non-ductile concrete beams and
columns in terms (Gates, Nester and Whitby, 1992). Figure 25 illustrates the
quantifiable losses associated with earthquake under each of the retrofit
solutions as well as the do nothing alternative. Superimposed on this figure is the
estimated retrofitting cost for each scheme

Figure 25: Risk assessment summary in terms of quantifiable costs

 Table 6: Feasibility study of strengthened one-storey frame

Strengthened Construction Cost Structural Capacity

Schemes Workability Weight Stiffness Strength Ductility
Infilled Much work Heavy Cheap High High Low
concrete wall (1.000 (1.00) (1.00) (1.00) (1.00)
Infilled Easy work Heavy Slightly Low Low Low
concrete block (1.000 expansive (0.30) (0.30) (1.13)
wall (1.61)
Compression Simple Light Slightly Low Low High
brace connection, (0.39) expansive (0.27) (0.63) (1.70)
easy work (1.47)
Tension Easy work Light Expansive Low Low High
Brace but accuracy (0.44) (2.93) (0.24) (0.67) (1.70)
needed

Table 7: Comparison of alternative retrofit schemes

Partial list of Base Braced External Jacketing Do

retrofit schemes Isolation Frames Shear walls nothing
Seismic Risks @ MCE
Life safety - Injury Minor Moderate Moderate Moderate Extensive
Life loss Not Not Not Not Some
Expected Expected Expected Expected
Equipment damage Minor Moderate Moderate Moderate Extensive
Business Hours - Weeks Weeks Weeks - Months or
Interruption Days Months Relocation
Construction
Business Impact Low Medium Medium High --
Architectural Impact Low – Low – High Low --
Mod. Mod.
Schedule (Years) 3 1.75 2 1.5 --
Project Cost (Ratios) 2.2 1.0 1.2 1.0 --
Impact of Eng. Uncertainties
Ground Motion High Medium Medium Low --
Design and Low Low Low Low --
analysis
Constructibility Medium Low Low Medium --
History of performance in Earthquakes
Some Moderate Extensive Some Extensive
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