Co-Sponsored by ACI Committee 440

This consists of eight papers that were presented by ACI Committee 440 at the Spring Convention in Atlanta, GA, in April 2007. Papers include:

Seismic Retrofit of Reinforced Concrete Beam-Column T-Joints in Bridge Piers with FRP Composite Jackets

Performance of an RC Corner Beam-Column Joint Severely Damaged Under Bidirectional Loading and Rehabilitated with FRP Composites

Experimental Evaluation of Non-Circular Reinforced Concrete Columns Strengthened with CFRP

Contents: SP-2581

Seismic Retrofit of Reinforced Concrete Beam-Column T-Joints in Bridge Piers with FRP Composite Jackets

by C.P. Pantelides and J. Gergely

SP-2582

Performance of an RC Corner Beam-Column Joint Severely Damaged under Bidirectional Loading and Rehabilitated with FRP Composites.

by M. Engindeniz, L.F. Kahn, and A.-H. Zureick

SP-2583

Experimental Evaluation of Noncircular Reinforced Concrete Columns Strengthened with CFRP.

by S. Rocca, N. Galati, and A. Nanni

SP-2584

Structural Upgrade of Reinforced Concrete Column-Tie Beam Assembly using FRP Composites

by A.S. Mosallam

SP-2585

Providing External Confinement to Flexural Members to Improve Ductility?The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

by A. Budek and G. Benzoni

SP-2586

CFRP-Confined Reinforced Concrete Elements Subjected to Cyclic Compressive Loading.

by J.A.O. Barros, D.R.S.M. Ferreira, and R.K. Varma

SP-2587

Hysteretic Rotation Model HRM4 for CFRP-Strengthened Joints.

by P.F. Silva

SP-2588

Effect of Bond Properties on the Behavior of FRP-Strengthened RC Girders Subjected to Monotonic and Cyclic Loads.