Journal
CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS
Volume 227, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.116682
Keywords
Textile reinforced mortars; TRM; FRCM; Pull-out test; Fabric-to-mortar bond behaviour; Sustainable construction materials; Strengthening
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- FEDER funds through the Competitivity Factors Operational Programme (COMPETE)
- national funds through the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) [POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007633]
- [SFRH/BD/131282/2017]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [SFRH/BD/131282/2017] Funding Source: FCT
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Lime-based textile-reinforced mortars (TRM) have recently found a growing interest for repair and strengthening of masonry and historical structures. Despite extensive experimental and numerical investigations performed in the last years on the performance of these composites, there is still a lack of fundamental understanding of the fabric-to-mortar bond behaviour (as one of the main mechanisms affecting the cracking and nonlinear response of these composites) and the parameters affecting that. This paper, aimed at addressing this gap, presents a comprehensive experimental and analytical investigation on how the test setup, embedded length, load rate, mortar age and fabric configuration affect the bond behaviour in lime-based TRMs. In total 160 pull-out tests are performed on a glass-based and a steel-based TRM commonly used for strengthening of masonry structures. The results contribute to standardization of the test procedures for characterization of the fabric-to-mortar bond behaviour, to fundamental understanding of this mechanism and to optimization of the design of these composites for enhancing their mechanical response. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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