Retrofitted Masonry with Composite Material

Abstract

Nowadays composite materials used as external reinforcement of masonry walls have been proved to certainly improve structural stability with a minor impact over foundations. Besides they can be used to retrofit historical buildings. However, different aspects of this retrofitting system should be still analyzed. This analysis involves applying techniques, anchorage length, amount and layout of the reinforcement and failure modes of the reinforced element.
The behaviour of masonry panels retrofitted with composite laminates is experimentally assessed in this work. The panels have been subjected to diagonal compression loading. Design variable involve two reinforcement thickness.
Results are quantitative and qualitatively compared with those of unretrofitted walls.