ABSTRACT
The aim of this study is to develop a manual emergency retrofitting technique for damaged Reinforced Concrete (RC) buildings. In this study, lashing belts comprising a ratchet buckle and an aramid fiber belt were used as the emergency retrofitting method of choice. As one of the vertical load carrying members, it is important that the emergency retrofitted RC column sustains the vertical load as well as the lateral force. In this study, the residual axial compression capacity of shear-damaged RC columns and the recovered axial compression capacity of shear-damaged RC columns emergency-retrofitted by lashing belts was investigated and discussed.
