BRIDGES 1 (IMAGE)

Rice University

BRIDGES 1

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Civil engineers at Rice University and Texas A&M have developed a computational modeling strategy to plan repairs to damaged reinforced concrete columns. This illustration shows the sequence of earthquake damage and repair involved in restoring columns to their original strength.

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Mohammad Salehi/Rice University

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