Sustainability goals are essential driving principles for the development of innovative materials in the construction industry. Natural fibres represent an attractive alternative as reinforcing material due to both good mechanical properties and sustainability prerequisites. The present work investigates the shear behaviour of masonry panels strengthened with a mortar-based system reinforced with an innovative hemp fibre composite grid. The objective of the study is to assess the feasibility of using the proposed strengthening system for external retrofit of existing masonry walls and to compare its performances with typical retrofitting solutions. © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Structural behaviour of masonry panels strengthened with an innovative hemp fibre composite grid / Menna, Costantino; Asprone, Domenico; Durante, Massimo; Zinno, Alberto; Balsamo, Alberto; Prota, Andrea. - In: CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS. - ISSN 0950-0618. - 100:(2015), pp. 111-121. [10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2015.09.051]
Structural behaviour of masonry panels strengthened with an innovative hemp fibre composite grid
MENNA, COSTANTINO;Asprone, Domenico;DURANTE, MASSIMO;ZINNO, ALBERTO;BALSAMO, ALBERTO;PROTA, ANDREA
2015
Abstract
Sustainability goals are essential driving principles for the development of innovative materials in the construction industry. Natural fibres represent an attractive alternative as reinforcing material due to both good mechanical properties and sustainability prerequisites. The present work investigates the shear behaviour of masonry panels strengthened with a mortar-based system reinforced with an innovative hemp fibre composite grid. The objective of the study is to assess the feasibility of using the proposed strengthening system for external retrofit of existing masonry walls and to compare its performances with typical retrofitting solutions. © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
