Abstract

Two external types of precast, prestressed concrete seismic retrofit methods were applied in two school buildings in Mi- yagi prefecture, which was strongly affected by the Tohoku earthquake of March 11, 2011. Following the earthquake, inspection showed no damage other than small cracks in the retrofitted buildings. The paper describes how the calcula- tions were performed and the basic construction procedures.

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