State-of-the-art on strengthening of masonry structures with textile reinforced mortar (TRM)

LAS Kouris, TC Triantafillou - Construction and Building Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
The emerging need to upgrade the structural performance of buildings and structures has
been recently alleviated with the newly developed textile-reinforced mortar (TRM) …

[HTML][HTML] Seismic upgrading of existing masonry structures: A state-of-the-art review

PD Gkournelos, TC Triantafillou, DA Bournas - Soil Dynamics and …, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Probabilistic approach to assess URM walls with openings using discrete rigid block analysis (D-RBA)

B Pulatsu, S Gonen, F Parisi, E Erdogmus… - Journal of Building …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study aims to improve our current understanding of the seismic assessment of load-
bearing unreinforced masonry (URM) systems by proposing a probabilistic computational …

Seismic failure modes of masonry structures exposed to Kahramanmaraş earthquakes (Mw 7.7 and 7.6) on February 6, 2023

Ö Mercimek - Engineering Failure Analysis, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, the failure modes of masonry structures after the earthquakes (Mw 7.7 and 7.6)
occurred in Kahramanmaraş on February 6, 2023 were investigated by fieldwork. Within the …

[HTML][HTML] In-plane behaviour of tuff masonry strengthened with inorganic matrix–grid composites

F Parisi, I Iovinella, A Balsamo, N Augenti… - Composites Part B …, 2013 - Elsevier
Tuff masonry structures represent a large part of the existing cultural heritage in
Mediterranean countries and need to be preserved against earthquakes by reversible …

Seismic strengthening of masonry-infilled RC frames with TRM: Experimental study

L Koutas, SN Bousias, TC Triantafillou - Journal of Composites for …, 2015 - ascelibrary.org
This paper presents a technique for retrofitting nonseismically reinforced concrete (RC)
masonry-infilled frames with textile-reinforced mortar (TRM) jacketing. In the present study …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental investigation of tuff masonry panels reinforced with surface bonded basalt textile-reinforced mortar

G Marcari, M Basili, F Vestroni - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
Basalt textile-reinforced mortar (BTRM) composites have shown to be a promising technique
for the reinforcement of masonry systems, but their use as in-plane shear reinforcement of …

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 …

Out-of-plane response of masonry walls strengthened using textile-mortar system

FA Kariou, SP Triantafyllou, DA Bournas… - … and Building Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
The out-of-plane response of masonry walls strengthened with textile-reinforced mortar
(TRM) is experimentally investigated in this work. Medium-scale three-point bending tests …