A comparison between the use of FRP, FRCM and HPM for concrete confinement

The use of new methods to strengthen and rehabilitate existing concrete and masonry structures is one of the challenges that the engineering community is facing in recent years. In this field, composite materials are acquiring more and more success, due to lower invasiveness and ease of application if compared to more traditional systems (e.g. steel plates or reinforced concrete jacketing). This work, based on experimental investigations, aims...