Development of new braided fibrous materials for retrofitting of masonry walls

The most recent earthquakes in Turkey (Kocaeli 1999, Duzce 1999, Bingol 2003), Italy (L'Aquila, 2009) and Spain (Lorca, 2011) demonstrated the vulnerability of non-loadbearing unreinforced masonry walls acting as infill of reinforced concrete frames. To address this issue, the main focus of thi...

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Main Author: Cunha, Fernando Eduardo Macedo (author)
Other Authors: Patinha, S. (author), Rana, S. (author), Fangueiro, Raúl (author), Vasconcelos, Graça (author)
Format: conferencePaper
Language:eng
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/27261
Country:Portugal
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