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Experimental investigation on flexural performance of masonry walls reinforced with GFRP

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This paper presents the results of a test program for flexure reinforcing characteristics of gless fiber-rein forced polymer(GFRP) sheets bonded to masonry beams. A total of eight specimens subjected to monotonic four-point bending were tested up to failure. These specimens were constructed with two different bond patterns. Six of these specimens were reinforced by using GFRP sheets prior to testing, and the remaining two were not reinforced. The test results indicate a significant increase in both load-bearing capacity and ductile performance of the reinforced walls over the unreinforced ones.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Coastal and Offshore Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China

    Liu Jifu Ph D Candidate  (刘骥夫), Liu Ming & Song Yupu

  2. School of Civil Engineering, Shenyang Jianzhu University, Shenyang, 110168, China

    Liu Ming

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Funded by Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province (No. 20022005).

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Liu, J., Liu, M. & Song, Y. Experimental investigation on flexural performance of masonry walls reinforced with GFRP. J. Wuhan Univ. Technol. 22, 82–84 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11595-005-1082-6

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