Pre-Tensioned Basalt Fibers Ropes Stitching for Masonry Strengthening against Vertical Bending: A First Experimental Insight

Abstract:

This paper presents the results of an experimental campaign aimed at improving the innovative technique of continuos basalt fiber (BF) stitching in order to repair the masonry panels damaged by seismic events or to enhance the seismic behavior of unreinforced masonry walls. The masonry panels were tested under out-of-plane actions, one of the common way of failure for masonry walls during an earthquake. The most significant change introduced respect to the system already tested in previous studies, is the presence of pre-tensioned elements and mechanical anchorage of the BF ropes, always with the end of proposing a dry retrofitting system. The results indicate the effectiveness of this, increasing the performance of masonry wall specimens under out-of-plane actions respect to the damaged and unreinforced conditions. Besides, this technique potentially appears fully sustainable, because it is cheap, compatible, reversible, fire, and chemical resistant, it improves but not replaces original materials and, finally, it does not substantially use synthetic adhesives. All these reasons make this novel application of BF ropes fully sustainable and specialized to architectural heritage restoration.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 747)
• Pages: 119-127
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.747.119
• Online since: July 2017
• Authors: Francesco Monni*, Enrico Quagliarini, Stefano Lenci
• Keywords: Dry Strengthening Techniques, Out-Of-Plane Loading, Sustainable Retrofitting

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