Abstract
A number of building authorities have included or are proposing to include loss in lateral capacity of the structural system caused by earthquake damage as a basis for requiring specific degrees of seismic repair and upgrades of the damaged members or of the entire structural system. Attempts have been made to apply this criteria through the size of cracks in reinforced concrete walls. This paper reviews experimental results which demonstrate that size of wall crack is not directly related to a reduction in wall capacity. The effectiveness of various wall crack repair techniques on restoring wall characteristics is discussed.
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