Seismic Behavior of Strengthened URM Masonry - An Overview of Research at ZAG

Four experimental campaigns performed at ZAG over almost a decade and dealing with strengthening of masonry using FRPs are briefly presented. The campaigns show in-situ tests on strengthened walls in an actual building, the cyclic shear laboratory tests where different materials and FRP layouts were explored, use of innovative flexible materials instead of mortar or epoxy, and finally the test of a full scale building model where all aspects of strengthening a building using FRPs are investigated.