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EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH OF REINFORCED CONCRETE COLUMN RETROFIT METHODS Introduction As the infrastructure of our country continues to age, the need for effective retrofittreatments has increased. Many building and bridge structural components no longerprovide capacity sufficient to meet the required code standards. Seismic upgrading andreinforcement protection are two of the major issues requiring retrofits. Additionally,many aging structural members no longer provide the load capacity of the original designbecause of concrete cracking, steel corrosion, or other damage. In this research, severalretrofit methods for increasing the axial load capacity of reinforced concrete columnswere tested and analyzed. Several currently applied methods for retrofitting columns include concrete jacketing,steel jacketing, and fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) jacketing. All three methods havebeen shown to effectively in increase the axial load capacity of columns. In addition, anew reinforcement product, Prefabricated Cage System (PCS) reinforcement, wasintroduced as a possible reinforcement option for concrete jacket retrofit applications. Project Scope Three retrofit reinforcement options, concrete jacketing, steel jacketing, and FRP wrapping, were experimentally analyzed in the research. Three different materials provided reinforcement for the concrete jackets: a rebar cage with spiral transverse reinforcement, welded wire fabric (WWF), and the aforementioned PCS. All specimenswere tested under axial compression loading only. Applied load and displacement weremeasured for all specimens throughout testing until failure. Additionally, response of theloaded specimens was observed and documented throughout the testing. Behavior of thenewly introduced PCS reinforcement was compared with traditionally used retrofitapplications already currently utilized in the structural engineering industry. Advantagesand disadvantages of each retrofit measure were identified. Additionally, model conceptsw