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Title
In-plane shear behaviour of masonry panels strengthened with stainless steel high stress reinforcement
Author/Creator
Masia, M.;  Petersen, R.;  Konthesingha, C.;  Lahra, J.
Institution
The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, School of Engineering
Description
An experimental study was conducted to assess the effect on strength and ductility of retrofitting unreinforced masonry (URM) shear panels with stainless steel, high stress, twisted reinforcement bars. The reinforcement bars were attached to the shear panels using the near surface mounting (NSM) / structural repointing (SR) technique in which thin slots are cut into the surface of the masonry and the reinforcement is bonded into the slots using high bond strength, thixotropic, injectable cementitious grout. A total of ten wall panels (1200 mm x 1200 mm); two URM and eight with different quantities and orientations of reinforcement, were tested in diagonal tension/shear in accordance with ASTM E519-02 [1]. Four different reinforcement schemes (two repeats per scheme) were examined. Three of the schemes used vertical reinforcement (perpendicular to the bed joints) near surface mounted into the brick material and evenly distributed between both faces of the wall with reinforcement ratios 0.04%, 0.09% and 0.18% respectively. The remaining scheme used horizontal reinforcement structurally repointed into the bed joints and evenly distributed between both faces of the wall with a reinforcement ratio 0.04%. The results are compared with tests conducted previously by the authors on URM and Fibre Reinforced Polymer (FRP) retrofitted panels, using the same masonry. The FRP study used panels of the same size and tested in the same way. The FRP study investigated a variety of reinforcement arrangements which included vertical, horizontal and combined systems and single and double sided reinforcement. The reinforcement ratios used in the FRP study were either 0.06% or 0.13%. It was observed that significant increases in strength and ductility (particularly the latter) can be achieved using the stainless steel reinforcement compared to URM and that the stainless steel strengthened panels performed comparably with the FRP strengthened panels. The broader aim of the research is to identify techniques for improving the seismic performance of existing URM walls under in-plane shear loading.
Relation
8th International Masonry Conference 2010. Proceedings of the 8th International Masonry Conference 2010, Volume 1 (Dresden, Germany 4-7 July, 2010) p. 643-652
Relation
http://www.masonry.org.uk/masonry/publications/proceedings_of_conferences/papers_from_all_published_conference_proceedings/proceedings_11/volume_1_d_159_in_plane_shear_behaviour_of_masonry_panels_strengthened_with_stainless_steel_high_stress_reinforcement
Date
2010
Publisher
The International Masonry Society (IMS)
Keyword(s)
masonry;  strengthen retrofit;  shear;  stainless steel reinforcement
Resource Type
conference paper
Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/933986
Identifier
ISBN:9783000313813
Identifier
ISSN:0950-9615
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"In-plane shear behaviour of masonry panels strengthened with stainless steel high stress reinforcement"
 
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