In-plane testing of damaged masonry wall repaired with FRP

Abstract

This paper describes the performance of a masonry wall repaired with glass fibre reinforced polymer, GFRP sheets. The original reinforced clay brick masonry wall was tested under in-plane lateral cyclic loading. Failure occurred due to yielding of the steel reinforcement and crushing of the bricks. After epoxy injection of the cracks and patching of the missing portions, the wall was repaired using GFRP sheets, applied in the horizontal and vertical directions, on one face of the wall, including the joint between the wall and concrete footing. The repaired wall was tested to failure in the same manner of the original wall. The results show that the strength and displacement capacities of the wall were completely restored and even exceeded the original capacities.