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Developing innovative systems for reinforced masonry walls

Autor(es): Mosele, F. cv logo 1 ; Porto, F. da cv logo 2 ; Modena, C. cv logo 3 ; Fusco, A. di cv logo 4 ; Cesare, G. di cv logo 5 ; Vasconcelos, Graça cv logo 6 ; Haach, V. cv logo 7 ; Lourenço, Paulo B. cv logo 8 ; Beer, I. cv logo 9 ; Schmidt, U. cv logo 10 ; Brameshuber, W. cv logo 11 ; Scheufler, W. cv logo 12 ; Schermer, D. C. cv logo 13 ; Zilch, K. cv logo 14

Data: 2006

Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/6553

Origem: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho


Descrição
The Commission of the European Communities has recently funded a CRAFT research project aimed at developing innovative systems for load and non-load-bearing reinforced masonry walls. The project involves twelve partners coming from four different European countries, among which there are universities and research centres, small and medium enterprises for the production of clay and concrete units and mortars, a company for advanced metal products and industrial associations of brick and block producers. The development of the reinforced masonry walls is based on the advancement of vertical reinforcement and fastenings, of mortar and concrete and on their integration with special clay and concrete blocks for the definition of new construction systems. The foreseen advantages are: new possibilities for masonry; more economical construction; quality increase for masonry walls; crack-free and earthquake resistant construction. The project follows three steps: assessment of the technical and economical feasibility of the envisaged construction technologies by means of extensive experimental and numerical activities; construction of prototypes as demonstration of the proposed technologies and materials; in situ testing to completely validate the systems. In the present contribution, an overview of the main objectives and steps of the project is given. Furthermore, the different construction systems that are being developed and designed are described. The main fields of application and the main technical problems encountered for the different construction systems is described, together with the experimental program outlined in order to characterize their mechanical behaviour under different serviceability and ultimate conditions.
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