VOLUME 1 - General Knowledge

This volume is divided into two parts: the first one about the study and analysis of structures needing retrofitting or strengthening, the second one about general information about composite materials available for the civil engineering market and in use in our market.
The first part deals with non destructive and partially destructive testing on construction materials and structures in general, offering a large variety of case studies and examples, supported by pictures, analysis and technical bibliography. Such analysis is fundamental in order to know and define the characteristics of the “patient-structure” for a diagnosis oriented to a correct design of the strengthening and/or retrofitting and/or restoration solution of that particular structure.
The second part defines a sort of procedure “design-installation-monitoring” for composite materials, providing data about the physical and mechanical properties of the materials, obtained from real case studies and field experience on the use of such materials in civil engineering. All of this is also provided with many pictures, structural schemes, diagrams that enrich and allow any readers to have a complete view of the material and easily access this new technology.