10 | The BRIDGE | Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering

protect a bridge column in extreme conditions following an earthquake.

bridges from collapse and reopen bridges faster following a seismic event,

that overlap to create continuous reinforcement. The strands are more than

to be effective in “restoring structural behavior of the damaged column to

Dr. Genda Chen and his Ph.D. student Mostafa Fakharifar

Equipment World Magazine.

weeks or months.

BEYOND ITS SIMPLE LOOK AND EASILY ACQUIRED MATERIALS, THE HYBRID JACKET IS LIGHTWEIGHT, COST-EFFECTIVE AND CAN BE IMPLEMENTED IN HOURS — RATHER THAN WEEKS OR MONTHS.

HYBRID JACKETING

Damaged column Sheet metal wrapping Prestressing strands application

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