Delaminazione di compositi a matrice cementizia su supporti murari

Debonding of Fibre reinforced cementitious composites on masonry support. Abstract The present work is devoted to the study the performances of externally bonded fibre reinforced composites with cement matrix on brick masonry supports. The use of cement matrix is getting a growing interest for applications to masonry structures for their low impact and therefore a deeper understanding of the bond is needed. To this end, an experimental campaign has been performed on brick masonry samples reinforced either with Carbon Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Matrix (CFRCM) or Steel Reinforced Grout (SRG) both applied with the same inorganic matrix and the whole debonding process is analyzed. Different double laps test setups are considered, when varying anchorage length, reinforcement type (CFRCM or SGR), support material (either clay brick or brick masonry) and geometry (either straight or curved). The tests provide the global behaviour in terms of delamination load and collapse type as well as the local behaviour in terms of bond adhesion, specific fracture energy and effective anchorage length. The experimental failure load results are then compared with predictive bondslip models which are based on a bilinear interface law, derived from the experimental data, which allows getting an analytical solution of the debonding problem. For curved surfaces, in particular, a model is proposed which is able to take into account the interaction between normal and tangential stress at the interface, which reproduces the decrease in bond strength for increasing curvature, as shown by experimental results. In conclusion, the work lays the foundation for understanding the behaviour of the bond between masonry and inorganic matrix composites, giving a contribution for structural design of such reinforcements.