This paper presents a state-of-the-art review on the available seismic upgrading techniques
of existing masonry structures, which comprise a very common structural material including …

Masonry is one of the oldest fundamental materials used in construction. Structures made by
masonry materials without reinforcement, however, routinely exhibit poor performance when …

Marine pollution is one of the biggest environmental problems, mainly due to single-use or
disposable plastic waste fragmenting into microplastics (MPs) and nanoplastics (NPs) and …

The paper presents the results of an experimental campaign aimed at investigating the in-
plane and out-of-plane behavior of tuff and fired clay brick masonry panels reinforced by a …

Ultra-high ductile concrete (UHDC), a new type of modified fiber reinforced concrete,
exhibits superior strain-hardening and multi-cracking behaviors under tensile load. In order …

The interest in materials and techniques for the structural and energy retrofitting of existing
buildings has steadily grown in recent years. Nowadays, geopolymer binders are …

In this study, the effects of different strengthening methods that can be applied for
earthquake-damaged historical masonry structures on structural performance were …

The conservation and the preservation of existing masonry buildings, most of them
recognized as cultural heritage, require retrofitting techniques that should reduce the …

A new methodology to predict interfacial debonding phenomena in fibre-reinforced polymer
(FRP) concrete beams in the serviceability load condition is proposed. The numerical model …

Fibre-reinforced polymers (FRP) are effective for masonry reinforcement, but performance
depends on bonding capacity, but performance depends on the bonding capacity. This …