The emerging need to upgrade the structural performance of buildings and structures has
been recently alleviated with the newly developed textile-reinforced mortar (TRM) …

In the last decades, a growing interest in using basalt as reinforcement for composite
materials has emerged, since promising physico-chemical and mechanical properties of …

Abstract Fabric Reinforced Cementitious Matrix (FRCM) materials are composed of a dry
fiber grid embedded in an inorganic matrix, which may contain short fibers. These materials …

Fibre-reinforced composite materials have gained an increasing success, mostly for
strengthening, retrofitting, and repairing existing structures. However some problems may …

Abstract Fabric Reinforced Cementitious Matrix (FRCM) composites are advanced cement-
based materials often used for strengthening masonry or concrete structures. The system is …

An increasing interest and application is nowadays found for composite systems in
construction and rehabilitation industry. The consensus on fibre reinforced composite …

Mortar-based composite materials appear particularly promising for use as externally
bonded reinforcement (EBR) systems for masonry structures. Nevertheless, their mechanical …

The growing concerns regarding the environmental impact generated by the use of
inorganic materials in different fields of application increased the interest towards products …

The behavior of single bricks and small masonry pillars strengthened by means of fabric
reinforced cementitious matrix systems made with glass-fiber grids is discussed both from an …

Composite materials made with textile fibers both with polymeric and cementitious matrices
are often adopted for the retrofitting of masonry arches and vaults. A specific project that …