Shear Capacity for Masonry Walls Strengthened with FRP Materials

This paper is focused on the experimental program that aims to determine the shear capacity of brick masonry walls, built up using ceramic blocks with vertical hollows. There are three type of walls subjected to cyclic in-plane horizontal loading with constant vertical loads. The purpose is to determine if the strengthened walls using FRP materials are capable to regain their initial shear capacity and furthermore, to determine if the strengthening solution is efficient for this type of walls. Also the three types of walls of unreinforced masonry and reinforced masonry, where tested to see the difference between them and to see if the reinforced concrete has an important influence to the shear capacity of the walls.