Re: Carbon Fiber Wrap/Steel Equivalent

Even better: ACI 440.2

William L. Polhemus, Jr. P.E.

Via iPhone 4

On Aug 8, 2011, at 4:54 PM, Harold Sprague <spraguehope@hotmail.com> wrote:

I would start out by discussing this with the Fyfe Company, QuakeWrap, or other company specializing in this. 
 
This is the ICC ESR that Fyfe developed.  It is a good starting point. 
http://www.icc-es.org/reports/pdf_files/ICC-ES/ESR-2103.pdf

Regards, Harold Sprague
 

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Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 14:17:13 -0500
Subject: Carbon Fiber Wrap/Steel Equivalent
From: flemi019@crimson.ua.edu
To: seaint@seaint.org

Can anyone shed some light on how to equate shear capacity of carbon fiber wrap to that of transverse reinforcing steel?

ie. Quantity of wrap needed in order to provide shear capacity equivalent to transverse steel reinforcement of X(in2/ft) of column ht...
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