Assessment and repairment of the reinforced concrete structures damaged due to Russian missile attack

Ukrainian cities and villages have been forced to become testing grounds for studying and researching the impact of blasts on buildings and structures of different structural systems due to the constant artillery shelling and bombardments by the russian federation’s armed forces. Ukraine’s seaports are strategic facilities, so port infrastructure is often damaged by russian drone and missile attacks. The Odesa’s city port is the largest seaport in Ukraine, so for studying and researching, as a typical example, one of the damaged buildings of this port was chosen. The object of research – load-bearing structures damaged due to blast exposure of missile strike by the armed forces of the russian federation. The purpose of the research is to determine the actual technical state of the building’s load-bearing structures; to check the ability to repairment of the building. The research included such stages as: visual inspection of the survived structures after the missile strike; determination of the real concrete strength by non-destructive methods; verification finite element method (FEM) analysis of the building’s structural system, taking into account the actual technical state and real material properties; design of strengthening schemes for the survived structures. The number of civil buildings and infrastructure facilities damaged or collapsed by russian attacks is increasing day by day. Case study presented in this research is typical and can be recognized as a solution for other buildings.