Basalt-based fiber-reinforced materials and structural applications in civil engineering

E Monaldo, F Nerilli, G Vairo - Composite Structures, 2019 - Elsevier
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 …

State-of-the-art review and future research directions for FRP-to-masonry bond research: Test methods and techniques for extraction of bond-slip behaviour

J Vaculik, P Visintin, NG Burton, MC Griffith… - … and Building Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
The effectiveness of FRP retrofits is heavily reliant on the shear bond that can be developed
between the FRP and masonry substrate, which has been the focus of experimental …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental analysis on tensile and bond properties of PBO and aramid fabric reinforced cementitious matrix for strengthening masonry structures

C Caggegi, FG Carozzi, S De Santis… - Composites Part B …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The use of Fabric Reinforced Cementitious Matrix (FRCM) composites appears as a
compatible and effective technique to strengthen masonry structures. The use of FRCM …

Application of Digital Image Correlation to composite reinforcements testing

M Tekieli, S De Santis, G de Felice, A Kwiecień… - Composite …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Digital Image Correlation (DIC) is a full-field contactless optical method for
measuring displacements in experimental testing, based on the correlation of the digital …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling the behavior of externally bonded reinforcement using a rigid-trilinear cohesive material law

V Bertolli, T D'Antino - International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
Externally bonded reinforcement (EBR) represents a valid solution for strengthening and
retrofitting existing structures. Among possible reinforcements, fiber-reinforced composites …

[HTML][HTML] Effectiveness of novel methods to increase the FRP-masonry bond capacity

P Foraboschi - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
The paper is devoted to an experimental campaign on fifteen perforated masonry walls,
which were strengthened with external FRP reinforcement, bonded using three different …

Experimental characterization of composite-to-brick masonry shear bond

G de Felice, MA Aiello, A Bellini, F Ceroni… - Materials and …, 2016 - Springer
The paper presents a Round Robin Test (RRT) devoted to the characterization of the shear
bond performance of fibre-reinforced strengthening systems bonded with epoxy resin to …

An indirect method to calibrate the interfacial cohesive material law for FRCM-concrete joints

F Focacci, T D'Antino, C Carloni, LH Sneed… - Materials & Design, 2017 - Elsevier
The cohesive material law (CML), ie, relationship between the interfacial shear stress and
slip between a fiber reinforced composite and the substrate, is a fundamental tool to model …

Closed-form model for curved brittle substrates reinforced with FRP strips

Y Yuan, G Milani - Composite Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Externally bonded Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) strips have been proved to be
effective for strengthening masonry structures. The role played by the bond between …

Intrados strengthening of brick masonry arches with different FRCM composites: Experimental and analytical investigations

V Alecci, F Focacci, L Rovero, G Stipo… - Composite Structures, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper examines the structural behavior of masonry arches strengthened at the intrados
with fabric reinforced cementitious matrix (FRCM) composites. Textiles made of …