TC 223-MSC - Final RILEM workshop - Masonry Strengthening with Composite Materials

The scope of the Workshop is to provide a forum of engineers, architects, scientists, producers and professionals for the exchange of technical and scientific knowledge on the use of Composites in existing masonry structural rehabilitation. Material performance, design formulation, bond, durability, execution and effectiveness control are the main subjects to be discussed on the basis of the work of the MSC Technical Committee and the qualified expertise of the invited speakers.


The RILEM TC 223-MSC:

Chair: M.R. Valluzzi (University of Padova, Italy)
Secretary: D.V. Oliveira (University of Minho, Portugal)

The Technical Committee (TC) 223-MSC (Masonry Strengthening with Composite Materials) is active since 2007 in RILEM as its first TC working on composite materials applied to masonry constructions. It counts 46 members from 26 institutions belonging to 12 countries.

TC motivation: Composite materials, as FRP (Fibre-Reinforced Polymers) or SRP/G (Steel Reinforced Polymers/Grouts) are increasingly used for strengthening and repair of masonry structures and structural components, in a context of:

i) large variability of masonry typologies, particularly for existing/historical structures, which constitutes complex parameters and uncertainties;

ii) lack in standardization and test procedures harmonization, which make difficult the design/assessment of interventions, the comparison among experimental results, and the effectiveness control (structural performance and durability);

iii) still limited scientific works (with respect to RC applications) compared to the wide diffusion in real cases, with high and increasing frequency in CH, where preservation and restoration criteria need to be observed.


Topics:
- Materials
- Mechanical performance of assemblages
- Bond and interface behaviour
- Durability
- Case studies