Experimental and numerical investigation of walls strengthened with fiber plaster

Başaran H., DEMİR A., Baʇci M., ERGUN S.

Structural Engineering and Mechanics, vol.56, no.2, pp.189-200, 2015 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 56 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.12989/sem.2015.56.2.189
  • Journal Name: Structural Engineering and Mechanics
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.189-200
  • Keywords: composite materials, masonry walls, polypropylene and steel fiber, reinforced plaster mortar, finite element method
  • Manisa Celal Bayar University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The topic of this study is to investigate behaviors of masonry walls strengthened with reinforced fiber plaster under diagonal tensile loads. Full blend brick 100×50×30 mm in dimensions were used to make masonry walls with dimensions of 400×400×100 mm. Three different samples were manufactured by plastering masonry walls with traditional style, with 3% polypropylene or with 5% steel fiber. All the samples were tested using ASTM 1391- 81 standards. The propagation of damage on samples caused by diagonal tensile load was observed and load-displacement graphs were plotted for each sample. A finite element software (ABAQUS) was used to obtain numerical values for all samples and crack patterns and load-displacement responses were obtained. Experimental and numerical results were compared.