An Outline of "Practical Guideline for Investigation, Repair and Strengthening of Cracked Concrete Structures-2009-"
By N. Otsuki, Y. Kamihigashi and M. Hisada
Concrete Journal, Vol.47, No.7, Jul. 2009
- Synopsis
- Practical Guideline for Investigation, Repair and Strengthening of Cracked Concrete Structures, which has been established since 1980 by JCI, was essentially revised on March, 2009. This guideline is expected for the useful and applicable text for investigation, repair and strengthening of cracked concrete structures in facing the severe social problems such as population aging, decrepitude of infrastructures. The main concepts of this guideline are, 1) to introduce the technical development of repair and strengthening of cracked concrete, 2) to clarify the stakeholders in each working process, and 3) to describe easily for both of begginners and experts.
This report, therefore, introduces the outlines of this guideline. - Keywords:
- JCI, concrete, crack, investigation, evaluation, prediction, repair, strengthening
