Abstract Mortar coatings have a major influence on a building’s aesthetics, valorization, and habitability, with significant effects on the mechanical behavior of masonry walls. Multiple types of meshes can be embedded in plaster to enhance both masonry and coating’s mechanical behavior, restrain crack formation, enhance the bonding between layers, and increase the wall’s seismic resistance. The reinforcement technique has simple execution and is suitable for many applications, including the strengthening of non-load bearing walls, façade performance improvement, and restoration of historical buildings. However, there is an absence of guidelines and specifications for design and execution, resulting in high variability in field applications due to the many variables involved and few in-depth studies. This paper presents a systematic review of the effects of mesh reinforcement in cementitious mortar coatings and its major applications. Mortar and mesh parameters and influences, the status of analytical and simulation models, and suggestions for future research are described. buildings building s aesthetics valorization habitability walls coating formation layers wall resistance nonload non load improvement However indepth depth studies influences models described

Resumo Atualmente, o óleo de palma é líder em produção e consumo dentre os óleos comestíveis comercializados, com uma produção mundial que ultrapassa 66 milhões de toneladas anuais. Estima-se que a produção de resíduo da queima do engaço do dendê como combustível nas caldeiras corresponde a 5% em massa do total de óleo extraído. Este trabalho avaliou as propriedades mecânicas resultantes do uso da cinza do engaço como substituto parcial do cimento Portland em argamassas com diferentes teores nos traços 1:3 e 1:6. As argamassas obtidas apresentaram maior deformabilidade, implicando em uma maior trabalhabilidade. Os resultados obtidos apontaram para um potencial uso da cinza como fíler em argamassas sem prejuízo da resistência à compressão para teores de até 10% no traço 1:3 e 5% no traço 1:6. Foi observado um aumento no índice de vazios e na capacidade de absorção de água, com redução proporcional da resistência à tração na flexão.

Abstract Currently, palm oil is a leader in production and consumption among commercial edible oils, with a growing world production that exceeds 66 million tons per year. It is estimated that the generation of residues from the burning of palm oil empty fruit bunches as fuel in the boilers corresponds to 5% in mass of the total of oil extracted. This work evaluated the mechanical properties resulting from the use of the empty fruit bunch ashes as a partial substitute of Portland cement in mortars in different contents in 1:3 and 1:6 mixes. Mortars obtained with the use of ash presented greater deformability, implying greater workability. The results obtained pointed to potential use of the ash as filler in mortars without loss on compressive strength for contents up to 10% in the 1:3 mix and 5% in the 1:6 mix. It was observed an increase in the void index and the water absorption capacity, with a proportional reduction of the flexural strength.