STRUCTURAL RETROFITTING USING FIBER REINFORCED POLYMERS By Pierre Dumas Diplome d'Ingenieur Ecole Speciale des Travaux Publics, Paris SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ENGINEERING IN CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING AT THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY JUNE 2012 @2012 Pierre Dumas. All rights reserved. ARCHIVES MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE CTF TE:CH-O'DY JUN 2 221 L ~ . .iRIES The author hereby grants to MIT permission to reproduce and to distribute publicly paper and electronic copies of this thesis document in whole or in part in any medium now know or hereafter created. Signature of Author: Certified by: Accepted by: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering A -- May 11, 2012 Jerome J. Connor Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering / 7 hesis Supefvisor H idi . Nepf Chair, Departmental Committee for Graduate Students