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Investigating the Retrofitting Effect of Fiber-Reinforced Plastic and Steel Mesh Casting on Unreinforced Masonry Walls

Unreinforced masonry (URM) is one of the most popular construction materials around the world, but vulnerable during earthquakes. Due to its brittle nature, the URM structures may lead to a possible collapse of the wall of a building during earthquake events causing casualties. In the current resear...

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Main Authors: Halim, F., Ahmad, A., Adil, M., Khan, A., Ghareeb, M., Alzara, M., Eldin, S.M., Alsharari, F., Yosri, A.M.
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Published: MDPI 2023
Online Access:http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/34291/
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spelling oai:scholars.utp.edu.my:342912023-01-17T13:35:26Z http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/34291/ Investigating the Retrofitting Effect of Fiber-Reinforced Plastic and Steel Mesh Casting on Unreinforced Masonry Walls Halim, F. Ahmad, A. Adil, M. Khan, A. Ghareeb, M. Alzara, M. Eldin, S.M. Alsharari, F. Yosri, A.M. Unreinforced masonry (URM) is one of the most popular construction materials around the world, but vulnerable during earthquakes. Due to its brittle nature, the URM structures may lead to a possible collapse of the wall of a building during earthquake events causing casualties. In the current research, an attempt is made to enhance the seismic capacity of URM structures by proposing a new innovative composite material that can improve the shear strength and deformation capacity of the URM wall systems. The results revealed that the fiber-reinforced plastic having high tensile and shear stiffness can significantly increase in-plane as well as out-of-plane bending strength of the URM wall. It was recorded that the bending moment of the prism increased up to 549.5 by increasing the bending moment from 490 N*mm to 3183 N*mm per mm deflection of prism upon using glass fibers. Moreover, the ductility ratio amplified up to 5.73 times while the stiffness ratio increased up to 4.16 times with the aid of glass fibers. Since the material used in this research work is low cost, easily available, and no need for any skilled labor, which is economically good. Therefore, the URM walls retrofitted with fiber-reinforced plastic is an economical solution. © 2022 by the authors. MDPI 2023 Article NonPeerReviewed Halim, F. and Ahmad, A. and Adil, M. and Khan, A. and Ghareeb, M. and Alzara, M. and Eldin, S.M. and Alsharari, F. and Yosri, A.M. (2023) Investigating the Retrofitting Effect of Fiber-Reinforced Plastic and Steel Mesh Casting on Unreinforced Masonry Walls. Materials, 16 (1). ISSN 19961944 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85145658571&doi=10.3390%2fma16010257&partnerID=40&md5=ec40ca0bff2dc06bd8fc2c193fd36280 10.3390/ma16010257 10.3390/ma16010257 10.3390/ma16010257
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description Unreinforced masonry (URM) is one of the most popular construction materials around the world, but vulnerable during earthquakes. Due to its brittle nature, the URM structures may lead to a possible collapse of the wall of a building during earthquake events causing casualties. In the current research, an attempt is made to enhance the seismic capacity of URM structures by proposing a new innovative composite material that can improve the shear strength and deformation capacity of the URM wall systems. The results revealed that the fiber-reinforced plastic having high tensile and shear stiffness can significantly increase in-plane as well as out-of-plane bending strength of the URM wall. It was recorded that the bending moment of the prism increased up to 549.5 by increasing the bending moment from 490 N*mm to 3183 N*mm per mm deflection of prism upon using glass fibers. Moreover, the ductility ratio amplified up to 5.73 times while the stiffness ratio increased up to 4.16 times with the aid of glass fibers. Since the material used in this research work is low cost, easily available, and no need for any skilled labor, which is economically good. Therefore, the URM walls retrofitted with fiber-reinforced plastic is an economical solution. © 2022 by the authors.
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author Halim, F.
Ahmad, A.
Adil, M.
Khan, A.
Ghareeb, M.
Alzara, M.
Eldin, S.M.
Alsharari, F.
Yosri, A.M.
spellingShingle Halim, F.
Ahmad, A.
Adil, M.
Khan, A.
Ghareeb, M.
Alzara, M.
Eldin, S.M.
Alsharari, F.
Yosri, A.M.
Investigating the Retrofitting Effect of Fiber-Reinforced Plastic and Steel Mesh Casting on Unreinforced Masonry Walls
author_facet Halim, F.
Ahmad, A.
Adil, M.
Khan, A.
Ghareeb, M.
Alzara, M.
Eldin, S.M.
Alsharari, F.
Yosri, A.M.
author_sort Halim, F.
title Investigating the Retrofitting Effect of Fiber-Reinforced Plastic and Steel Mesh Casting on Unreinforced Masonry Walls
title_short Investigating the Retrofitting Effect of Fiber-Reinforced Plastic and Steel Mesh Casting on Unreinforced Masonry Walls
title_full Investigating the Retrofitting Effect of Fiber-Reinforced Plastic and Steel Mesh Casting on Unreinforced Masonry Walls
title_fullStr Investigating the Retrofitting Effect of Fiber-Reinforced Plastic and Steel Mesh Casting on Unreinforced Masonry Walls
title_full_unstemmed Investigating the Retrofitting Effect of Fiber-Reinforced Plastic and Steel Mesh Casting on Unreinforced Masonry Walls
title_sort investigating the retrofitting effect of fiber-reinforced plastic and steel mesh casting on unreinforced masonry walls
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publishDate 2023
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