Fracture and Structural Integrity e-ISSN 1971-8993 Open access
Miscellanea Vol. 12, No. 46 (2018)

Performance Index of Natural Stones-GFRP Hybrid Structures

Author and affiliation details
  • Luca Sorrentino
  • Costanzo Bellini Corresponding author University of Cassino and Southern Lazio ROR04nxkaq16 costanzo.bellini@unicas.it
  • Wilma Polini
  • Sandro Turchetta
DOI
10.3221/IGF-ESIS.46.26
Pages
285-294
Published
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Abstract

Natural stone is a material that presents durableness over time and high aesthetic characteristic, but it is brittle and its tensile strength is significantly lower than compressive one: these peculiarities must be taken into account for material usage; in fact, for applications requiring high flexural and tensile strength, as thin sections or long spans, the particular mechanical behavior of the natural stone constitutes an issue to be overcome.

A solution to the above mentioned problem is presented in the present paper: a natural stone tile is reinforced by bonding a sandwich structural laminate made of composite materials. In such manner, a double result is obtained: the mechanical strength increment and the and the tile specific weight decrement. In particular, two different types of sandwich structures, made of glass/epoxy laminates and honeycomb or foam core, were bonded to the lower surfaces of marble and granite tiles; then, 3-point bending tests were carried out on specimens extracted from the produced hybrid tiles. A performance index, considering both strength and weight of tiles, was introduced and the comparison with specimens extracted from traditional unreinforced tiles demonstrated that the considered reinforcement increases the structural characteristics of stone tiles up to an order of magnitude.

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  1. ReceivedUntil the next stage: 9 days
  2. AcceptedUntil the next stage: 62 days
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How to cite

APA

Sorrentino, L., Bellini, C., Polini, W., & Turchetta, S. (2018). Performance Index of Natural Stones-GFRP Hybrid Structures. Fracture and Structural Integrity, 12(46), 285–294. https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.46.26

IEEE

L. Sorrentino, C. Bellini, W. Polini, and S. Turchetta, “Performance Index of Natural Stones-GFRP Hybrid Structures,” Fracture and Structural Integrity, vol. 12, no. 46, pp. 285–294, 2018, doi: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.46.26.

MLA

Sorrentino, Luca, et al. “Performance Index of Natural Stones-GFRP Hybrid Structures.” Fracture and Structural Integrity, vol. 12, no. 46, 2018, pp. 285–294. https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.46.26.

Chicago

Sorrentino, Luca, Costanzo Bellini, Wilma Polini, and Sandro Turchetta. 2018. “Performance Index of Natural Stones-GFRP Hybrid Structures.” Fracture and Structural Integrity 12 (46): 285–294. https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.46.26.

Harvard

Sorrentino, L., Bellini, C., Polini, W. and Turchetta, S. (2018) ‘Performance Index of Natural Stones-GFRP Hybrid Structures’, Fracture and Structural Integrity, 12(46), pp. 285–294. doi: 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.46.26.

Vancouver

Sorrentino L, Bellini C, Polini W, Turchetta S. Performance Index of Natural Stones-GFRP Hybrid Structures. Fracture and Structural Integrity. 2018;12(46):285-294. doi:10.3221/IGF-ESIS.46.26

BibTeX

@article{sorrentino2018, author = {Sorrentino, Luca and Bellini, Costanzo and Polini, Wilma and Turchetta, Sandro}, title = {Performance Index of Natural Stones-GFRP Hybrid Structures}, journal = {Fracture and Structural Integrity}, year = {2018}, volume = {12}, number = {46}, pages = {285--294}, doi = {10.3221/IGF-ESIS.46.26}, url = {https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.46.26}, issn = {1971-8993} }

RIS

TY - JOUR AU - Sorrentino, Luca AU - Bellini, Costanzo AU - Polini, Wilma AU - Turchetta, Sandro TI - Performance Index of Natural Stones-GFRP Hybrid Structures JO - Fracture and Structural Integrity T2 - Fracture and Structural Integrity PY - 2018 DA - 2018/09/27 VL - 12 IS - 46 SP - 285 EP - 294 DO - 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.46.26 UR - https://doi.org/10.3221/IGF-ESIS.46.26 SN - 1971-8993 ER -

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