Reinforced concrete (RC) columns lacking adequately detailed transverse reinforcement do not possess the necessaryductility to dissipate seismic energy during a major earthquake without severe strength degradation. In this paper, a newretrofit method, which utilized fiber-reinforced plastics (FRP) confinement mechanism and anchorage of embedded bars, wasdeveloped aiming to retrofit non-ductile large RC rectangular columns to prevent the damage of the plastic hinges. CarbonFRP (CFRP) sheets and glass FRP (GFRP) bars were used in this test, and five scaled RC columns were tested to examinethe function of this new method for improving the ductility of columns. Responses of columns were examined before andafter being retrofitted. Test results indicate that this new composite method can be very effective to improve the anti-seismicbehavior of non-ductile RC columns compared with normal CFRP sheets retrofitted column.
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