Abstract:Among the existing techniques to retrofit and reinforce masonry elements, the use of Textile Reinforced Mortar (TRM) composite systems represents these days an efficient and compatible solution. Aiming to improve the sustainability of these composite systems, the efficiency of plant fibres as reinforcement fabric of TRMs is analysed in the present study. Specifically, relying on previous works concerning the mechanical characterisation of the system on a local scale, it proposes an experimental analysis on a g… Show more
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