Enhancement in in-plane shear capacity of unreinforced masonry (URM) walls strengthened with fiber reinforced polymer composites

Furthermore, the in-plane shear capacities of the same wall specimens are calculated using currently available code-based and research-based analytical models. Four such analytical models are used according to their applicability for different retrofitting schemes. The comparison of analytical result with experimental observations indicated that analytical models are very case specific and their applications are very restrictive. Thus further study is required to develop analytical models that will be generally applicable to a higher population of concrete masonry walls externally retrofitted with different combinations of composite materials and lamination schemes.