Legal-structural problems in strengthening risky reinforced concrete structures and an application example: Strengthening with steel

Precautions should be taken in reinforced concrete structures due to some problems or behaviors that should not be applied during the planning, design, implementation and use of buildings and natural disasters such as earthquakes. Faulty applications during manufacturing, wrong planning at the design stage, atmospheric and chemical effects during use, abrasions and natural disasters cause damage to the structure. After the information obtained from the earthquakes experienced in our country, which is an earthquake country that should be considered in particular, it has been determined that although the structure has not been damaged until today, the bearing capacity of the structures will not show sufficient strength in possible stronger earthquakes. For reasons like this, repair or reinforcement is made according to the way, purpose and rules of manufacture made in reinforced concrete systems. One of the methods that can be applied in the strengthening of reinforced concrete structures is to strengthen the structure with the use of steel products and the principles to be followed. In the reinforcement of reinforced concrete structures with steel material, after repairing the cracks of the damaged structures, if any, the strength of endurance is increased with steel products. During these processes, reducing the dead load of the structure, increasing its ductility, increasing the bearing capacity, changing the dynamic properties are the main features that should be considered. Applications to be made with steel material are fast and ideal solutions in accordance with the principles of strengthening in increasing the strength of reinforced concrete structures. Due to the high strength of the steel material, the ability to carry heavy loads even in small sections enables the creation of structures that are light in load but strong in capacity.