ISSN: 0950-9615 British Masonry Society Proceedings No.8 ALL papers
Proceedings of the 5th International Masonry Conference
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BRITISH MASONRY SOCIETY
MASONRY (8)
PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIFTH INTERNATIONAL MASONRY CONFERENCE
No. 8, October 1998, Edited by: H W H West
Contents
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1 Sustainable masonry construction
J J Roberts 1
2 Masonry in the Third Millennium
Giovanni Peirs 6
3 Experimental data on mechanical behaviour of lime mortar
Silvia Briccoli Bati and L Rovero 9
4 New tests for brick porosity and water absorption
A De Venny and F M Khalaf 13
5 Soil stabilized blocks for low income houses
Rubina Noor Skaikh and R Hanna 16
6 Comparison of draft European and British Standard test methods for
AAC masonry units
G Pye and D J Harris 18
7 Simple test for the determination of masonry bond strength
F M Khalaf 23
8 Compressive strength of clay block prisms
H R Roman and R J Mendes 28
9 Testing of various brick/mortar combinations for mortar durability,
efflorescence potential and resistance to rain penetration
G K Bowler and R H Sharp 31
10 Internal fracture test for brick strength
Liu Hui and R C de Vekey 37
11 Anisotropy of elasticity and time-dependent movement of masonry
J J Brooks and B H Abu Bakar 44
12 The effect of rendering on the flexural strength of brickwork
Andre P Eidelwein and Ronaldo Bastos Duarte 48
13 Effect of loading age on creep of sealed clay and concrete masonry
J P Forth, P R Bingel and J J Brooks 52
14 Experimental study of the bursting strength of cellular brickwork construction
S W Garrity 56
15 The structural performance of untied cavity party walls using AAC blockwork
G W Hickson and R C de Vekey 62
16 Test on panels of full sized bricks at different loading angles
S Pollard and B Hobbs 69
17 An assessment of the new ISO and CEN test methods for
beam and block floors
W Sparkes and D J Harris 73
18 The application of Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometry
for measurements of masonry/mortar stiffness
A T Vermeltfoort and E Wijnen 77
19 Experimental data on masonry specimens made with cement:lime mortars
A Canziani, A Fantucci, V Galimberti and M Montruccoli 85
20 Influence of SBR latex additive on the tensile strength of clay brickwork
S W Garrity 92
21 Compressive strength of mortars under triaxial compression
Humberto Ramos Roman and Gihad Mohamad 100
22 Thermal and strength performance of two lightweight mortar products
A W Stupart, J S Skandamoorthy and F Emerson 103
23 A methodology to evaluate the cracking susceptibility of
renders: equipment, tests and criteria. Experimental data
Rosario Veiga 107
24 Evaluation of the effect of mortar type, sand type and brick suction
on durability and shrinkage performance of mortar
A Yool, J J Roberts and A N Fried 112
25 The influence of fine materials in sand on the rheology of fresh mortar
P F G Banfill 119
26 Lime renders in Southern Portugal
Maria Goreti Lopes Batista Margalha 125
27 Mathematical programming application to limit analysis of
three dimensional masonry structures
C Baggio and P Trovalusci 131
28 Recent developments of the lattice model for in-plane loading of masonry walls
W J Beranek and G J Hobbelman 135
29 Extended lattice model for in- and out-of-plane loading of masonry walls
W J Beranek and A Borgart 142
30 Analysis of cavity walls – the Danish approach
Mogens Buhelt 148
31 Elastic-brittle Cosserat continuum model for brick masonry
R Masiani and P Trovalusci 153
32 A numerical study of masonry tensile bond strength test methods
J R Riddington, P Jukes and P J B Morrell 157
33 Strength and deformation capacity of laterally loaded masonry
Klavs Feilberg Hansen 165
34 Capacity of vertically sheared unreinforced masonry walls
Jan Kubica 170
35 On some indirect methods of analysis of shear walls
Jan Kubica 175
36 Eccentrically loaded historic masonry
Ahmad Sabha 178
37 A dynamic finite element modelling approach for masonry structures
M Gilbert, T C K Molyneaux and B Hobbs 182
38 A method to evaluate masonry damage under dynamic loading
Vincenzo Laudazi and Adolfo Bacci 188
39 Simplified non-linear seismic analysis of masonry buildings
G Magenes and A Della Fontana 190
40 Combined horizontal cyclic and compressive load testing of
partially reinforced masonry piers
G C Manos, B Yasin and J Thaumpta 196
41 The earthquake response of multi-storey r.c. structures with masonry infills
G C Manos, B Yasin and J Thaumpta 202
42 Reinforced masonry walls under blast loading
Chr Mayrhofer 211
43 Influence of panel aspect ratio on the cyclic residual strains of brick masonry
M M Alshebani and S N Sinha 216
44 Collapse load response of a barrel masonry vault model
Roberto Capozucca 220
45 Recycled aggregate blocks in beam and block flooring
R Collins, W Sparkes and D J Harris 227
46 The fire performance of insulated cavity walls
R C de Vekey 229
47 The behaviour of masonry jack arches
C Melbourne and L Weekes 235
48 Requirements of masonry walls in severe climatic conditions to meet
the new Russian Codes of thermal resistance
V M Gorpinchenko and M D Pavlova 239
49 Energy efficient brick houses in the Australian climate
Tom McNeilly 241
50 Drying of masonry with exterior insulation
Hartwig M Künzel 245
51 The effect of weathering on the flexural strength of masonry
(updated to include 1995 measurements)
R C de Vekey and G J Edgell 251
52 Rain penetration tests – wide cavity walls
F Peake, W A Durose and G J Edgell 257
53 Erosion testing of compressed earth blocks
P Walker 264
54 Determination of the compressive strength of calcium silicate
brickwork using wallettes
S Clarke and D J Harris 269
55 Assessing the movements of unreinforced laterally loaded masonry
according to European and British practice
A N Fried 272
56 Comments on the design of masonry bearing walls according
to ENV 1996-1-1
A W Hendry 275
57 Comparison of buckling safety of masonry walls according to EC6
and the German standard
W Jäger and H Bergander 279
58 OMNIBLOCK. Technology for progressive housing
Mercedes Marrero 284
59 A building brick with interlocking formations
R P Murphy 287
60 Effects of a high-rise fire on a masonry curtain wall
James C Myers 290
61 Lessons learned from damaging interactions between masonry facades
and building structures
James C Myers 294
62 Investigations into the stress/strain relationship of historic lime
mortar brickwork
Claudia Neuwalt-Burg 301
63 Problems of, and solutions for, acoustic testing of masonry
Edouard G Nesvijski and Odilon P Cavalheiro 310
64 Science of strengthening historic buildings – a possible new discipline
Massimo Corradi 314
65 The use of bedjoint reinforcement to improve the performance of
historic masonry buildings
D D’Ayala 320
66 The bond strength of supplementary injection anchors in historic masonry
Birger Gigla and Fritz Wenzel 327
67 Methods of investigation and repair in old random-rubble filled masonry walls
D M Lilley and A V March 337
68 Elastic properties of tuff masonry columns
Giorgio Frunzio and M Monaco 342
69 The use of acoustic emission testing in the assessment of historic buildings
D I Ponomarev and A V Shampurov 345
70 Repair and strengthening of three-ring brick masonry arch bridges
S K Sumon 348
71 Some performance characteristics of lime mortars for rendering and
repointing ancient buildings
Rosario Veiga and Fernanda Carvalho 353
72 Strength of masonry arch bridges repaired using near-surface reinforcement
A F Ashour and S W Garrity 357
73 The codification of prestressed masonry in the United States
David T Biggs and Hans R Ganz 363
74 Aanchorage bond of reinforcement to mortar or
concrete infill in reinforced masonry
J Booth and G J Edgell 367
75 Field investigation of the seismic resistance of existing concrete
masonry garden walls
Koji Yoshimura, Kinji Kikuchi, Tomoyuki Kajimura,
Yoichi Morishita, Keiji Eto and Hideko Nonaka 372
76 Dowel action of horizontal and vertical reinforcement embedded in masonry
E Vintzileou and N Psilla 378
77 Development of AAC masonry units with thin joint mortar for house
building in the UK
C A Fudge and M Barnard 384
78 Construction with thin joint mortar systems and AAC blockwork
M C Phillipson, C A Fudge, S L Garvin and A W Stupart 388
78 Papers, 390 pp, published in 1998