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Article Repair and Strengthening of Fire Damaged Concrete Cylinders Using FRP Confinement: Tests and Analytical Modelling(Elsevier Science inc, 2025) Demir, Ugur; Ilki, AlperThis study examines the effects of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) repair and strengthening on the axial stress-strain behavior of concrete columns after exposure to realistic fires. A total of 30 plain concrete cylinders, each measuring 150 x 300 mm, were cast for this investigation. Of these, three specimens were kept as reference at ambient temperature, while the remaining were exposed to ISO-834 standard fire for durations of 30, 60 or 90 min, with nine specimens in each duration group. After natural cooling, the heated specimens were categorized into three groups: i) three were left unconfined, ii) three were repaired and strengthened using two layers of carbon FRP sheets, and iii) three were repaired and strengthened with four layers of carbon FRP sheets. This study employs realistic ISO 834 fire scenarios and investigates CFRP confinement with up to four layers, addressing high confinement demands beyond current literature. The results showed that transverse confinement provided by carbon FRP sheets significantly improved axial strength and deformability for all specimens, while it did not fully restore the axial stiffness achieved before fire exposure. The effectiveness of FRP confinement increased with longer fire exposure durations. Additionally, two analytical models proposed previously for predicting the axial strength and ultimate strain of FRP confined fire-damaged concrete were evaluated in terms of their accuracy. The accuracy of the predictions was reduced with an increase in exposure temperatures for both models. Therefore, a new model is proposed within the scope of study, which shows good agreement with the novel test results.Article Citation - WoS: 3Citation - Scopus: 3A Novel Hybrid Thin Jacketing Method for Seismic Retrofitting of Substandard Reinforced Concrete Columns(Elsevier Ltd, 2025) Narlitepe, Furkan; Kian, Nima; Demir, Ugur; Demir, Cem; Ilki, AlperThis paper introduces a novel hybrid thin jacketing method for seismic strengthening of substandard reinforced concrete (RC) columns for which structural repair mortar along with carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) and longitudinal steel bars are utilized. The method involves three application phases comprising a) removing the cover concrete, b) re-forming the cover concrete with structural repair mortar just after installing extra longitudinal steel bars c) transverse wrapping of CFRP sheets. The effect of using different types of structural repair mortar and its application process are other test parameters taken into account in this study. To evaluate the efficacy of the proposed method, a comprehensive experimental program was conducted, consisting of six largescale RC column specimens with square and rectangular cross-sections. For all of the specimens tested under a simultaneous constant axial load and reversed cyclic lateral loading, three main properties representing existing substandard RC columns such as a) insufficient transverse reinforcement, b) high axial load ratio (0.75) and, c) relatively high shear force corresponding to moment capacity to shear capacity ratios between 0.60 and 0.80, were considered. The responses of specimens were specified in terms of the lateral load-displacement curves, stiffness variation, ductility ratios, damage progression, and energy dissipation. The experimental results demonstrated that in case the retrofitting method is properly applied, the strengthened columns exhibit satisfactory performance in terms of strength and ductility with a remarkable improvement with respect to the substandard columns. Furthermore, a numerical study was conducted to validate the experimental results by using the OpenSees framework.