Comportamiento de paredes de mampostería, reforzadas con fibra natural y artificial, sometidas a impacto.

Abstract

Given the need to improve the conditions of resistance of the masonry walls, considering that, in recent telluric events, they have demonstrated their fragility due to their lack of elasticity, it is proposed to obtain responses of specimens reinforced with natural and also artificial fibers. The intention is to find safe alternatives in buildings to improve the conditions of human life, as well as the construction itself. In this research study, successful attempts have been made to test proposed specimens, whose constructions are reinforced with natural fibers in one case, and artificial fibers in another. The tests on these specimens have given us data, through the impact test, and recorded numerical values by means of a displacement meter; information that has allowed us to tabulate interesting data to propose as a safe alternative for building walls made of reinforced masonry. The results obtained from the tests allow us to conclude that modern buildings must be constructed, and reinforced with fibers, whether natural or artificial, in their non-structural elements, such as brickwork walls.