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The efficiency of strengthening traditionally built three-leaf stone masonry walls with different types of composite reinforced coating has been investigated. Glass fibre grid in single component fibre reinforced mortar and glass fibre fabric in epoxy resin matrix were used as coating materials. Four different coating types have been applied, with coating placed on one or both sides of the walls, anchored or not anchored to the masonry at the corners of the walls. Ten walls have been tested by subjecting them to cyclic shear loading at constant precompression, among them two walls in the original state as the control specimens. Four walls have been first tested up to the occurrence of the first significant damage, strengthened and then re-tested up to collapse, whereas four walls have been strengthened undamaged and tested up to collapse. All walls failed in shear. Significant increase in lateral resistance with regard to control walls was observed in all cases, up to 2.5–4.0-times the resistance of the control walls. The degree of improvement did not depend on the type of coating but on the technology of application. Although the coating increased the rigidity of the walls, displacement and energy dissipation capacities have been also improved.
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The research, presented in this paper, was carried out within the framework of the applied research project L2-0578, financed by Slovenian Research Agency and co-financed by the Sika d.o.o., Prevale, Slovenia, branch company of Sika AG, Switzerland. It was also part of the research program P2-0273 Civil engineering structures and materials, financed by the same Agency.
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Tomaževič, M., Gams, M. & Berset, T. Strengthening of stone masonry walls with composite reinforced coatings. Bull Earthquake Eng 13, 2003–2027 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-014-9697-7
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