Challenges and opportunities of utilizing municipal solid waste as alternative building materials for sustainable development goals: A review

A Soni, PK Das, AW Hashmi, M Yusuf… - Sustainable Chemistry …, 2022 - Elsevier
Strict environmental concern, depletion, and price hike of building construction materials are
driving scientific studies for the search of alternative materials for building construction. To …

Strengthening of concrete structures with textile reinforced mortars: State-of-the-art review

LN Koutas, Z Tetta, DA Bournas… - Journal of Composites …, 2019 - ascelibrary.org
Textile reinforced mortars (TRM), also known in the international literature as textile
reinforced concrete (TRC) or fabric reinforced cementitious matrix (FRCM) materials, have …

Out-of-plane strengthening of masonry-infilled RC frames with textile-reinforced mortar jackets

LN Koutas, DA Bournas - Journal of Composites for Construction, 2019 - ascelibrary.org
This paper presents an experimental investigation on the use of textile-reinforced mortar
(TRM) jackets as a means of improving the out-of-plane performance of masonry infill walls …

FRCM-confined masonry columns: Experimental investigation on the effect of the inorganic matrix properties

A Cascardi, F Micelli, MA Aiello - Construction and Building Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
Nowadays, the strengthening and the retrofitting are crucial issues in the civil engineering
challenge for structural conservation. Innovative techniques, using fiber reinforced polymers …

A review on using inorganic binders in fiber reinforced polymer at different conditions to strengthen reinforced concrete beams

R Kirthiga, S Elavenil - Construction and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Strengthening and rehabilitation of structural element are inevitable and the strengthened
concrete structural elements are primarily used to increase the life span of deteriorated …

A review paper on direct tensile behavior and test methods of textile reinforced cementitious composites

DJ Kim - Composite Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
This review paper provides a key information, allowing readers to comprehensively
understand the direct tensile behavior and test methods for textile reinforced cementitious …

Lessons learned on the tensile and bond behavior of fabric reinforced cementitious matrix (FRCM) composites

G De Felice, T D'Antino, S De Santis… - Frontiers in Built …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Fabric Reinforced Cementitious Matrix (FRCM) composites represent an effective,
compatible, and cost-efficient solution for strengthening and retrofitting existing structures. A …

Experimental analysis on tensile strengthening properties of steel and glass fiber reinforced inorganic matrix composites

H Jahangir, MR Esfahani - Scientia Iranica, 2021 - scientiairanica.sharif.edu
The fiber-reinforced inorganic matrix (FRIM) composite is a new type of composite, which
has many economical and performance advantages. Beside the direct shear and bending …

Bond characteristics of different FRCM systems

A Younis, U Ebead - Construction and Building Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
Fabric-reinforced cementitious matrix (FRCM) composites are usually applied on the
concrete surface for the purpose of strengthening reinforced concrete structures. The …

Mechanical characterisation of flax and jute textile-reinforced mortars

N Trochoutsou, M Di Benedetti, K Pilakoutas… - … and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Natural fibre textiles embedded in inorganic matrices (NTRM) could offer a strengthening
solution for unreinforced masonry structures that satisfies both performance and …