Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 12
Author MARK C.PHILLIPSON and ALASTAFR W.STUPART BRE Scottish Laboratory Abstract The surface temperatures of sample bricks have been monitored to identify the temperature at which latent heat effects occur, these being indicators of ice formation within the material....
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 13
Author JEAN CLAUDE MOREL*, KHOSROW GHAVAMI** AND ALI MESBAH* *DGCB-ENTPE **Pontificia Universidade Catolica, Rio de Janeiro Abstract It has been recognised that the presence of fibres in a soil matrix influences the composite ductility in compression to varying...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 13
Author A.G. FYFE. J. MIDDLETON. G.N. PANDE Department of Civil Engineering, University of Wales, Swansea, UK Abstract It is well known that the strength of masonry structures is affected, among other things, by material inconsistencies of its main constituents, that...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 13
Author MAURO SASSU University of Pisa, Italy Abstract The residual stresses arising in solid clay bricks during firing and cooling have been studied utilizing three different extensometer techniques: the complete cutting method to reveal the overall distribution of...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 13
Author P.C.F. BEKKER Former Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Science, Eindhoven University of Technology Abstract This paper discusses how to arrange durability testing in such a way that the results constitute a proper basis for an unequivocal...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 13
Author ELIZABETH VINTZILEOU National Technical University of Athens Abstract The attainment of compressive strength of masonry is followed by a practically vertical falling branch. This undesirable behaviour may lead to disintegration of plain masonry subjected to...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 13
Author R.C.DE VEKEY*, G.HICKSON** AND J.SKANDAMOORTHY* *Building Research Establishment **Autoclaved Aerated Concrete Products Association Abstract There is considerable interest in the concept of a cavity party wall (separating wall) for domestic housing built with...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 13
Author A.R.M.MUNIRUZZAMAN, A.W.PAGE and P.W.KLEEMAN The University of Newcastle NSW Abstract Masonry structures are susceptible to damage when subjected to external effects such as foundation movements due to mine subsidence, swelling and shrinkage of reactive soils,...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 14
Author K.F. HANSEN Danish Building Research Institute Abstract Tensile flexural strength and ductility are important properties of masonry walls. In this paper these properties are investigated by means of deformation controlled tests with bending of masonry walls,...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 14
Author J.F. ROBINSON*, A. THAVALINGAM*, D.A. PONNIAH* AND N. BICANIC ** * School of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Edinburgh ** Department of Civil Engineering, University of Glasgow Abstract This paper presents some of the results from an...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 14
Author R.A. Laycock* and T. Yatcs** * Sheffield Hallam University ** Building Research Establishment Ltd Abstract Freeze/thaw performance, or more accurately the failure of the masonry to perform, has often been assigned to the inadequacy of one of the components of...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 14
Author E A Laycock* & T Yates** * Sheffield Hallam University ** Building Research Establishment Abstract Work was carried out on the validation of the test to measure expansion due to sulfate. The work involved the manufacture of a series of three clay brick...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 14
Author J.P. FORTH and J.J. BROOKS University of Leeds Abstract The long-term irreversible moisture expansion in clay brickwork is thought to be the result of chemical reactions between adsorbed water and the amorphous silica, y-aiumina and the glass phase of the clay...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 14
Author A N Fried, J J Roberts and A Yool Kingston University Abstract The use of the methylene blue dye test to determine the extent of harmful material in building sands is now included in draft European Standards [I]. When the test is carried out on building sands...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 14
Author Jeffrey A. Laman*, Thomas E. Boothby* and James W. Bintrim** * The Pennsylvania Slate University, USA** HDR, Pittsburgh, USA Abstract Dynamic testing has been applied to four late nineteenth-century primitive stone arch bridges, located in Hunter don County,...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 14
Author G. Frunzio, A. Gesualdo and M. Monaco Dipartimento di Scienza delle Costruzioni, Universita di Napoli FEDERICO Abstract The case of biaxially stressed masonry occurs in a large number of walls subjected to complex systems of in-plane loads. Masonry is a...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 14
Author PAULO B. LOURENCO University o/Minho, Portugal Abstract Key aspects regarding the modelling of masonry subjected to out-of-plane loading are presented, including through thickness integration, comparison with experimental data on masonry strength and yield-line...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 14
Author MILAD M. ALSHEBANI AND S.N. SINHA Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Abstract Experimental investigation into the cyclic behaviour of half-scale brick masonry under biaxial compression – tension was conducted. A total of thirty-two square panels was...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 14
Author D. LANGE-KORNBAK Danish Building Research Institute, Hctrsholm Abstract High strength mortars are commonly used to improve the strength of masonry but with limited or no gain in the load-carrying and deformation capacity. This is explained in the paper by the...
Categories: Masonry International, MI Journal Article, Volume 14
Author MM. REDA, and N.G. SIIRIVE Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Calgary Abstract Masonry often suffers from weak bond and low flexural strength. Thus, consistently better bond and bond strength would improve masonry. Noting I he presence of lime...
