In the last decade, several studies have investigated the application of Fibre Reinforced
Polymer (FRP) wraps to masonry piers in order to provide a confinement effect and enhance …

Fabric reinforced cementitious mortar (FRCM) materials have started to be employed during
the last years with the aim of overcoming the drawbacks related to the use of fibre reinforced …

Nowadays, innovative materials are more frequently adopted for strengthening historical
constructions and masonry structures. The target of these techniques is to improve the …

ABSTRACT Over last years, Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) wrapping effectiveness has
been clearly confirmed especially with reference to concrete structures. Despite evident …

Abstract The use of Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Mortar (FRCM) systems for structural
retrofitting of masonry structures has become increasingly popular in the last years, due to …

The rehabilitation of existing masonry elements by means of jacketing of columns using
composite materials is becoming a remarkable technique in several applications that aim to …

This paper presents the results of direct tensile tests performed on six different FRCM (fabric
reinforced cementitious matrix) strengthening systems used for masonry structures. The …

Many old masonry buildings, particularly in seismic regions without any provision for
earthquake loading, are particularly vulnerable. This makes brick masonry structures unsafe …

Nowadays, the strengthening and the retrofitting are crucial issues in the civil engineering
challenge for structural conservation. Innovative techniques, using fiber reinforced polymers …

The effectiveness of FRP systems as a confinement technique to strengthen masonry
columns has been widely investigated in the last decades. Recently, a new technique …