“…Techniques generally applied for retrofitting include the addition of extra concrete, either normal concrete or ultra-high performance concrete, to damaged RC members (J ulio et al, 2003;Rodriguez and Park, 1991;Stoppenhagen et al, 1995;Thermou and Elnashai, 2006;Zhang et al, 2019;Zhu et al, 2020); providing external reinforcements: near surface mounted (NSM) bars (Abdzaid and Kamonna, 2019;ACI Committee 440, 2017;Asplund, 1949;Hawileh, 2012;Razaqpur et al, 2011;Thermou and Elnashai, 2006;Wu et al, 2014); steel angles (Mondal, 2019;Thermou and Elnashai, 2006); plates of steel and fiber reinforced polymers (FRPs) (Al-Tamimi et al, 2011;L'Hermite and Bresson, 1967;Mondal, 2019;Sevuk and Arslan, 2005;Thermou and Elnashai, 2006); or utilizing FRP sheets of either carbon or glass or basalt (Arowojolu et al, 2017;Cervantes et al, 2014;Chahrour and Soudki, 2005;Duic et al, 2018;Franco et al, 2020;Ombres and Verre, 2019;Pohoryles et al, 2019). All of them proved to increase the strength and confinement of the structure.…”