ABSTRACT
There are a number of ways to strengthen a given structure or parts of one, depending on the type of construction and the given situation. Bonded external steel reinforcement is one possible way of achieving such structural strengthening. This method was originally invented in France [1] in the mid-1960s; in the early 1970s it was further developed in Switzerland [2, 3] and England [4] and is nowadays state-of-the-art in Western Europe.
