FLEXURAL AND SHEAR STRENGTHENING OF MASONRY WALLS WITH FRP COMPOSITE MATERIALS: STATE-OF-ART

Extensive researches had been done in past years with respect to strengthening masonry walls in flexure and shear. This paper will cover an assemblage of researcher’s achievements of strengthened masonry walls subjected to in-plane and out-of-plane loadings. Different types of masonry units (such as bricks and concrete blocks) used in structural masonry walls or non-structural masonry walls (infill). Masonry walls strengthening were done using various types of composite materials which includes Steel Reinforced Polymers (SRP) and Fibre Reinforced Polymers (FRP) composed of carbon, glass and aramid fibres. The paper includes Un-Reinforced Masonry (URM) walls and under-reinforced masonry walls. Failure modes occurred in masonry walls according to both flexural and shear is described. Bond influence of composite materials on masonry walls strengthened with FRP or SRP is discussed