Diagonal compression tests on masonry panels reinforced with composite materials FRCM

In the last years, due to many severe seismic events, it becomes more and more important to understand the structural performance of masonry structures subjected to seismic actions and structural reinforce became an important task in civil engineering. The developments of innovative techniques for structural retrofitting represent a great change in order to reduce the seismic vulnerability of masonry buildings. Beside the traditional reinforce techniques, new reinforce born such as Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) and Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Matrix (FRCM) The aim of this thesis is to study the shear strength of masonry panels, subjected to in-plane actions, reinforced with FRCM.