In the paper, the main experimental and numerical results, regarding the compressive
behaviour of brick masonry panels reinforced with CFRP strips and the local bond
behaviour of CFRP reinforcement, are presented. The experimental program on masonry
panels consisted in monotonic compression tests on brick masonry panels in plain,
strengthened and repaired conditions after pre-damage according to four reinforcement
configurations. Whereas, the experimental program on local bond behaviour consisted of
several pull-out tests performed on specimens made of a single CFRP strip inserted in a
mortar joint between two solid clay bricks. In order to reproduce realistic in situ conditions,
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a confining pressure, normal to the mortar joint, was applied while applying the pull-out
load. Different anchorage lengths and confining pressures were investigated. Numerical
finite element models were developed for the identification of the local bond slip law. This
local law was then used for the implementation of the numerical models of the
symmetrically strengthened brick masonry panels. These last models, together with the
experimental data, were finally used to obtain practical design information for the
application of the investigated intervention technique
