Seismic Rehabilitation and Retrofitting

About the Book: Buildings are designed to be safe under different kind of forces or loads where seismic forces are one of the type, known as earthquake forces, which moves horizontally in terms of horizontal shaking, which results in deformation in the building and building components in terms of cracks. Beam-Column Joint is part of the building on which the complete building stands, is more critical and sensitive, and when it fails; the building loses its maximum strength. This portion of the building is very difficult, time-consuming, and costly to reconstruct, so this contribution is about just rehabilitating and retrofitting it to regain its strength using an appropriate way. This book is a collection of primary and advance knowledge of the RCC beam-column joint and covers the maximum concepts related to rehabilitation and retrofitting but not all so it can be considered as the reference. About the Author: "Gunjan Ar. Gunjan is from Jalandhar, Punjab, India currently working as an Assistant Professor in Lovely School of Architecture and Design, Lovely Professional University. She is an active architect-planner, working on both residential projects and city-level projects. Her primary research interest is transportation, with an emphasis on the improving the quality of life of people, with the goal of providing them with affordable solutions. Jimmy Gupta Structural Engineer Jimmy Gupta is Assistant Professor, currently associated with Lovely Professional University in Lovely School of Architecture and Design and School of Civil Engineering. He is also an active Editorial/Reviewer Member in different National/International UGC and Scopus Indexed Journals. Mr. Gupta is an active researcher in the area of Construction Materials, Design of Steel and RCC Structures and their components. He is an active Structural Designer and has done various design and construction projects."