Optimization of Ferrocement Shear Strength for Wall Strengthening Using Push-Off Test: Determination of Minimum Reinforcement Ratio and Wiremesh Layer Configuration

Agung Mardhika; Abdullah Abdullah; Azmeri Azmeri; Yunita Idris

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Optimization of Ferrocement Shear Strength for Wall Strengthening Using Push-Off Test: Determination of Minimum Reinforcement Ratio and Wiremesh Layer Configuration

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Agung Mardhika¹, Abdullah Abdullah²^{, *}, Azmeri Azmeri², Yunita Idris²

¹Engineering Doctoral Study Program, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh, 23111, Indonesia

²Department of Civil Engineering, Syiah Kuala University, Banda Aceh, 23111, Indonesia

^*Corresponding author.

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Abdullah Abdullah

Available Online 26 December 2025.

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Keywords: Ferrocement; wiremesh; Push-off test; Ratio; Strengthening
Abstract: The increase in earthquake activity has led to changes in design standards, resulting in buildings that were once considered safe now becoming unsafe. Therefore, alternative reinforcement is needed to increase building capacity by reinforcing structural and non-structural elements, one of which is ferrocement. Until now, ferrocement shear design refers to SNI 2847-2019 or ACI 318-14, which regulates the minimum standard of reinforcement ratio ρ for reinforced concrete shear design. This research aims to determine the minimum ρ value at which ferrocement can work effectively. For this purpose, four types of specimens were made with ρ configurations of 0%, 0,08%, 0,16%, and 0,24%, respectively, and each type consisted of three test specimens. The test results show that the addition of wiremesh as reinforcement ratio below 0,24% produces unstable results and can even reduce the pure shear capacity of the ferrocement itself.
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Volume Title: Proceedings of the 6th Aceh International Symposium on Civil Engineering (AISCE 2025)
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
Publication Date: 26 December 2025
ISBN: 978-94-6463-952-0
ISSN: 2352-5401
DOI: 10.2991/978-94-6463-952-0_18 How to use a DOI?
Open Access: Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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