Seismic Strengthening of Bond-Critical Regions in Wall-Type Bridge Piers Using Active Confinement

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The author wishes to extend his sincere appreciation to Dr. Mohamed Harajli for giving him an opportunity to work on this thesis and for providing him support. The author would like to express his profound gratitude to Dr. Elie Hantouche for his assistance and excellent guidance throughout the course of this research. The author is also very grateful to Dr. Ghassan Chehab, for his acceptance to participate in the graduate committee and his approval of this thesis. Without their invaluable advice, patience and feedback this work would not have been possible. The author also wishes to thank all the faculty members of the Department of Civil Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at the American University of Beirut, for granting him the adequate education and knowledge to help during the academic years. The author takes the opportunity to express his deep indebtedness to his role model and lifetime mentor, his father, Anwar S. Haddadin.