Bamboo fiber textile reinforced geopolymer system in strengthening unreinforced masonry brick walls

• Main Author: Libre, Roneh Glenn D., Jr.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2023
• Subjects: Bamboo; Inorganic polymers; Fiber-reinforced concrete; Bricks—Fatigue; Adobe brick—Fatigue; Civil Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etdd_civ/4; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/etdd_civ/article/1002/viewcontent/Bamboo2_fiber_textile_reinforced_geopolymer_system_in_strengthenin_Redacted.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

Old structures such as historic churches, old school buildings, and arches are often constructed with unreinforced masonry walls (URM), which typically consist of adobe or brick walls. The design of most URM is for gravity loads only and not intended to resist lateral forces induced by seismic activ...