Marin Barleti University

Compatible Seismic Retrofitting of a Traditional Albanian Stone Tower Using Internal Textile-Reinforced Mortar Strengthening

Most of the existing tradition of stone masonry towers is unique and irreplaceable in terms of Albanian traditional vernacular architecture. As most of them are situated in earthquake regions, the performance of unreinforced stone masonry is at risk. The brittleness of the materi...

Compatible Seismic Retrofitting of a Traditional Albanian Stone Tower Using Internal Textile-Reinforced Mortar Strengthening

Most of the existing tradition of stone masonry towers is unique and irreplaceable in terms of Albanian traditional vernacular architecture. As most of them are situated in earthquake regions, the performance of unreinforced stone masonry is at risk. The brittleness of the materi...