In-Plane Shear Behaviour of Unreinforced Brick Masonry Strengthened by Bio-Composite Fabrics
Sabapathy1, T. Nithila2, K. Vaishnavi3, A. Shrinidhi4, V. Srilekha5, A. Jai Vigneshwar6
1Sabapathy, Department of Civil Engineering, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai (Tamil Nadu), India.
2T. Nithila, Department of Civil Engineering, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai (Tamil Nadu), India.
3K. Vaishnavi, Department of Civil Engineering, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai (Tamil Nadu), India.
4A. Shrinidhi, Department of Civil Engineering, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai (Tamil Nadu), India.
5V. Srilekha, Department of Civil Engineering, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai (Tamil Nadu), India.
6A. Jai Vigneshwar, Department of Civil Engineering, SSN College of Engineering, Chennai (Tamil Nadu), India.
Manuscript received on 22 April 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 01 May 2019 | Manuscript Published on 08 May 2019 | PP: 57-59 | Volume-7 Issue-5S3 February 2019 | Retrieval Number: E11100275S19/19©BEIESP
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Abstract: Unreinforced Masonry structures are subjected to failure due to in plane and out plane loads from the wind and earthquakes. Therefore strengthening of Unreinforced Masonry structures (URM) is vital to make them seismic resistant. This paper describes an experimental investigation on the in-plane behaviour of the URM panels strengthened with composite fabrics namely glass fiber and jute fiber respectively. These URM panels were fabricated and provided with two different orientations of the said fibers. Diagonal compression test was conducted and the crack patterns were analyzed. The test results showed that strengthening URM with jute fiber can be used as an effective alternative for glass fiber for retrofitting.
Keywords: Composite Behaviour Unreinforced Patterns.
Scope of the Article: Composite Materials