Strengthening of unreinforced masonry walls using FRPs

Journal of Composites for Construction

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 76-84

  Albert, Michael L ^a   Elwi, Alaa E ^b   Cheng, J J Roger ^b  

^a Waiward Steel Fabricators Ltd   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL LOADS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

EXTERNAL REINFORCEMENT; UNREINFORCED MASONRY WALLS;

FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 0035337045     PISSN: 10900268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0268(2001)5:2(76)     Document Type: Article

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