A review of the use of stainless steel for masonry repair and reinforcement

M Corradi, A Di Schino, A Borri, R Rufini - Construction and Building …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper focuses on the recent evolution of the utilization of stainless steel profiles for
repair and reinforcement of historic masonry structures, which are often subjected to …

In-plane and out-of-plane testing of unreinforced masonry walls strengthened using polymer textile reinforced mortar

N Ismail, JM Ingham - Engineering Structures, 2016 - Elsevier
Details of an experimental program investigating the structural performance of unreinforced
masonry (URM) walls strengthened using two different types of polymer textile reinforced …

Performance of coconut coir reinforced hydraulic cement mortar for surface plastering application

N Sathiparan, MN Rupasinghe… - Construction and Building …, 2017 - Elsevier
This study was to investigate the effect of coconut coir on the strength and durability
properties of cement-lime surface plaster mortar. The purpose of adding coconut coir into the …

Out-of-plane behavior of stone masonry walls: Experimental and numerical analysis

H Maccarini, G Vasconcelos, H Rodrigues… - … and Building Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
Aiming at contributing to the better understanding of the out-of-plane behavior of
unreinforced stone masonry structures, this paper presents the results of an experimental …

In-plane lateral cyclic behaviour of lime-mortar and clay-brick masonry walls in dry and wet conditions

AY Elghazouli, DV Bompa, SA Mourad… - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2021 - Springer
This paper presents an experimental investigation into the structural and material response
of ambient-dry and wet clay-brick/lime-mortar masonry elements. In addition to cyclic tests …

Pseudo-static cyclic loading comparison of reinforced masonry walls strengthened with FRCM or NSM FRP

Z Al-Jaberi, JJ Myers, MA ElGawady - Construction and Building Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
Fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites have demonstrated poor performance in high
temperature environments where the glass transition temperature of the resin is exceeded …

Experimental investigation of out-of-plane behaviour of URM wallettes strengthened using welded wire mesh

P Padalu, Y Singh, S Das - Construction and Building Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper presents an experimental study on unreinforced masonry (URM) wallettes
strengthened using welded wire mesh (WWM) reinforcement. A total of 8 URM and 28 …

Compressive properties of traditional brick masonry with crack reinforced with GFRP bars embedded in the horizontal mortar joint

Q Xie, W Hao, Y Zhang, D Xu - Journal of Building Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Cracking is a common damage form of historical masonry buildings, which has negative
effect on its mechanical properties. To improve the compressive properties of historical …

[HTML][HTML] Cyclic behavior of masonry walls retrofitted with post-installed twisted bars or bonded rebars

S Cattaneo, P Crespi, M Scamardo, N Vafa - Construction and Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
The damage observed after the recent earthquakes showed that the most common failures
for masonry buildings involve out-of-plane mechanisms associated to the ineffective …

[HTML][HTML] Unconfined bond stress and slip characteristics of steel bars embedded in masonry cement mortars

M Farvees, S Raheem, J Thamboo, T Zahra… - Case Studies in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Reinforcing bars are often embedded into cement mortar layers (bed joints and surface
bonded) of masonry structures to enhance their structural performance to various effects …