Atkinson-Noland & Associates, Inc.
2619 Spruce St, Boulder, CO 80302
ABSTRACT
Three new masonry reinforcing techniques were investigated during this study the use of a grout containing steel fibers, the use of preplaced steel fibers which are then grout injected within the cells, and the use of fiber-composite reinforcement in grouted cells. Five-unit-high prisms were fabricated using these new reinforcement techniques and the prisms were then tested in flexure.
The performance of beams constructed using several of the new reinforcing techniques is comparable with that of a conventionally reinforced masonry beam. The new techniques have potential applications in new construction and in the upgrade of existing unreinforced (or under reinforced) masonry structures.
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