“…The use of fiber reinforced polymers (FRP) jackets as an external mean to strengthen existing RC columns has emerged in recent years with very promising results [1,3,4,7,8]. Especially for circular columns, such technique has proved to be very effective in enhancing their ductility and axial load capacity [2,12,25]. Recently many studies have been conducted to evaluate the ultimate strength and strain enhancement of FRP-confined concrete [14,15,21,22,26,28,[31][32][33].…”