Estudio de las propiedades físico-mecánicas del producto Malla Nervometal utilizado en muros reforzados.

Abstract

This project searches to verify the physical-mechanical properties of the Nervometal Mesh product applied to reinforced walls. Studies were performed the material used in masonry prisms and in a reinforced wall. The masonry prisms consist of a masonry with specific dimensions with and without the reinforcement of the Nervometal Mesh product. The reinforced wall consists of a reinforced concrete portico built on a support beam, filled masonry and reinforced with the Nervometal Mesh product. The wall specimens were tested in simple compression, applying vertical load on the top of the wall, and under diagonal tension, placing the specimens in a 45-degree rotated position within the vertical plane. The reinforced wall was tested by applying cyclic loading in the horizontal direction at one upper end of the wall until a relative collapse was reached. The tests performed on the masonry prisms gave as a result, the increase of resistance using Nervometal Mesh, and other mechanical characteristics were also determined for each type of test. The results of the reinforced wall gave evidence of the behavior of the system using this type of reinforcement, with Nervometal mesh, and were also compared with the results of a wall that was elaborated with conventional reinforcement using electrowelded mesh.