Experimental tests on strengthening strategies for masonry infill walls: A literature review

A Furtado, H Rodrigues, A Arêde, H Varum - Construction and Building …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The masonry infill walls' seismic behaviour is being characterized by extensive damages
and out-of-plane (OOP) collapses due to combined in-plane and OOP loading demands …

The effects of high temperature and cooling regimes on the mechanical and durability properties of basalt fiber reinforced mortars with silica fume

F Koksal, ET Kocabeyoglu, O Gencel, A Benli - Cement and Concrete …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
This study implemented an experimental program to evaluate performance of high strength
mortars with basalt fibers (BF) and silica fume (SF) at ambient and elevated temperatures …

Engineered cementitious composites for strengthening masonry infilled reinforced concrete frames

A Dehghani, F Nateghi-Alahi, G Fischer - Engineering Structures, 2015‏ - Elsevier
The results of the second part of a comprehensive experimental program, aimed at
investigating the behavior of masonry infilled reinforced concrete (RC) frames strengthened …

Performance of coconut coir reinforced hydraulic cement mortar for surface plastering application

N Sathiparan, MN Rupasinghe… - Construction and Building …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
This study was to investigate the effect of coconut coir on the strength and durability
properties of cement-lime surface plaster mortar. The purpose of adding coconut coir into the …

[HTML][HTML] Prediction of shear capacity of RC beams strengthened with FRCM composite using hybrid ANN-PSO model

TH Nguyen, NL Tran, VT Phan, DD Nguyen - Case Studies in Construction …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The aim of this study is to develop a hybrid Artificial Neural Network-Particle Swarm
Optimization (ANN-PSO) model for improving shear strength prediction of reinforced …

Exploring applicability of recycled nylon fiber reinforced mortar in joints and plaster to enhance the bond strength, in-plane and out-of-plane capacity of masonry …

N Ranjan, S Banerjee, S Nayak, S Das - Journal of Building Engineering, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Despite being the most popular habitat option for the population, the lackluster performance
of masonry structures in case of seismic events has been a major concern for civil …

Seismic capacity of masonry infilled RC frame strengthening with expanded metal ferrocement

A Leeanansaksiri, P Panyakapo… - Engineering Structures, 2018‏ - Elsevier
This research was to investigate the behavior of masonry infilled reinforced concrete frame
strengthening with expanded metals under cyclic loading. In this study, a prototype frame …

Cyclic in-plane behavior of unreinforced and confined masonry walls retrofitted by shotcrete: Experimental investigation

SRS Rezaee, M Soltani, M Nikooravesh - Engineering Structures, 2022‏ - Elsevier
This study aimed to investigate the efficiency of shotcrete retrofitting method for seismic
rehabilitation of conventional unreinforced and confined masonry walls. In this regard, six …

Enhanced energy absorption of auxetic cementitious composites with polyurethane foam layers for building protection application

M Asad, N Win, T Zahra, DP Thambiratnam… - Journal of Building …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Cementitious composites with impact energy absorption capabilities can have wide
applications in protective structures. This paper presents an experimental investigation on …

Strengthening of infilled reinforced concrete frames with TRM: Study on the development and testing of textile-based anchors

L Koutas, A Pitytzogia, TC Triantafillou… - Journal of Composites …, 2014‏ - ascelibrary.org
The paper presents a technique for strengthening of reinforced concrete infilled frames with
textile-reinforced mortar (TRM) jacketing. The key objective of the study is to examine …