Experimental study on clay brick masonry assemblies strengthened with basalt textile reinforced mortar

• Main Authors: Ewe, Bryan, Mo, Kim Hung, Lee, Foo Wei, Yuen, Choon Wah, Ling, Tung-Chai
• Format: Article
• Published: ASTM International 2020
• Subjects: T Technology (General); TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/36572/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

This research proposes the use of a basalt textile-reinforced mortar (TRM) system as an overlay to strengthen brick masonry. A comparison of the strength performances, namely, the compressive strength, flexural bond strength, and shear bond strength, between unreinforced brick assembly and basalt TRM-reinforced brick assembly was made. The reinforced specimens exhibited improved strength performance, in particular, the flexural bond and shear bond strengths whereby more than a two-fold increase was observed. Additionally, the coefficient of variations in the compressive and flexural bond strength of brick assemblies was reduced when reinforced with the basalt TRM.