Influence of Fibres Impregnation on the Tensile Response of Flax Textile Reinforced Mortar Composite Systems

Abstract

Textile Reinforced Mortar (TRM) composite systems as a technique to retrofit and reinforce existing structures represents, nowadays, an efficient application. The use of plant fibres textile as reinforcement, instead of the most employed industrial ones, resulted a promising solution as response to the sustainability criteria more and more required in the construction sector. However, some issues have been manifested as well related to the use of such natural reinforcements in cement- and lime-based matrices mainly lying in the fibre-to-matrix interaction and in the durability of both the overall composite and the reinforcement embedded within the mortar.