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Bond Tests on Clay Bricks and Natural Stone Masonry Externally Bonded with FRP
| Content Provider | MDPI |
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| Author | Leone, Marianovella Aiello, Maria Antonietta |
| Copyright Year | 2021 |
| Description | Nowadays, the solution of durability problems of existing buildings has a key role in civil engineering, in which there is an ever-increasing need for building restorations. Over the past 50 years, there is a growing interest in a new composite material, fibre-reinforced polymer (FRP), suitable for increasing the resistance and the stability of existing buildings and, consequently, for extending their service life. In this context, the effectiveness of the strengthening system is related to the bond behaviour that is influenced by several parameters such as bond length, the stiffness of the reinforcement, the mechanical properties of the substrate, environmental conditions, etc. This paper aims to analyse the main experimental results from shear tests performed on two kinds of masonry substrates and different types of FRP reinforcements. The purpose is to highlight the role played by many parameters to the bond behaviour of these systems: the mechanical properties of substrates; the stiffness of reinforcements; the type of supports (i.e., unit or masonry unit). The obtained experimental results underlined that the specimens realised with masonry unit show an increase in debonding load and different stress transfer mechanisms along the bonded length with respect to the specimens with a unit substrate. The analysis of the data revealed that the presence of mortar joints cannot be neglected because it influences the interface global performance. |
| Starting Page | 7439 |
| e-ISSN | 19961944 |
| DOI | 10.3390/ma14237439 |
| Journal | Materials |
| Issue Number | 23 |
| Volume Number | 14 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2021-12-04 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Materials Civil Engineering Masonry Frp Bond Lecce Stone Clay Brick Mortar Joint Effective Bond Length |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |