Reinforced masonry with FRP and structural mortar: durability evaluation by AE technique

The aim of this work is to analyse and compare the shear resistance after long-term and environmental actions on brickwork structures reinforced by innovative or traditional techniques. To this end laboratory tests were carried out at the Non-Destructive Testing Labora-tory of the Politecnico di Torino. In addition, the Acoustic Emission technique was employed to assess the damage localization, and the mechanical properties decay in order to evaluate the ef-fectiveness of these rehabilitation methodologies.