Textile-to-mortar bond behaviour in lime-based textile reinforced mortars

Dalalbashi, Ali; Ghiassi, Bahman; Oliveira, Daniel V.

Abstract

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.

Citation

Dalalbashi, A., Ghiassi, B., & Oliveira, D. V. (2019). Textile-to-mortar bond behaviour in lime-based textile reinforced mortars. Construction and Building Materials, 227, Article 116682. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.116682

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Aug 7, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Aug 26, 2019
• Publication Date: Dec 10, 2019
• Deposit Date: Aug 27, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 27, 2020
• Journal: Construction and Building Materials
• Print ISSN: 0950-0618
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 227
• Article Number: 116682
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.116682
• Keywords: General Materials Science; Civil and Structural Engineering; Building and Construction
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/2505284
• Publisher URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0950061819320987
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