Abstract:
This project was partially supported by the New Zealand Centre for Earthquake Resilience (QuakeCoRE), a New Zealand Tertiary Education Commission-funded Centre. This is QuakeCoRE publication number 0115. In addition, the repairs were performed on walls that were part of a previous research project funded by the Building Systems Performance branch of the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment (MBIE). Significant in-kind contributions from Sika, Complete Reinforcement, Aquamax Hydroblasting, BBR Contech, and Fulton Hogan are also gratefully acknowledged. Yiqiu Lu is thanked for design of the test setup and the original test specimens and for testing and providing test data for M5. Ronald Gultom is thanked for assistance with testing of M5-R and M6-R and for testing and providing test data for M6. The authors would additionally like to acknowledge the support of the lab technical staff at the University of Auckland, namely Felix Scheibmair, Ross Reichardt, Jay Naidoo, Shane Smith, Andrew Virtue, and Mark Byrami. Support for the fourth author was provided through the Fondecyt Grant #1171062. Information on damaged buildings in Vina del Mar, Chile that was provided by Patricio Bonelli and Jorge Carvallo is greatly appreciated.: New Zealand Centre for Earthquake Resilience (QuakeCoRE), a New Zealand Tertiary Education Commission, Building Systems Performance branch of the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment (MBIE), 1171062/Fondecyt Grant